The snubnose eelpout was first formally described as Maynea bulbiceps in 1899 by the American ichthyologist Samuel Garman with its type locality given as east of Cocos Island off Panama Bay. In 1911 Erich Zugmayer described … See more

The snubnose eelpout is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from British Columbia south to Chile; and in the Atlantic Ocean from the … See more

The snubnose eelpout has a moderately elongated body which has a depth at the origin of the anal fin equivalent to between 5.7% and 12.7% of its See more