Lycodes reticulatus Arctic eelpout

Lycodes reticulatus is commonly referred to as Arctic eelpout. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 127112

Scientific:: Lycodes reticulatus
German:: Arktische Aalmutter
English:: Arctic Eelpout

Category:: Eelpout

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Zoarcidae (Family) > Lycodes (Genus) > reticulatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Reinhardt, 1835

Occurrence:: Arctic (North Polar Sea), Canada Eastern Pacific, Greenland, Hudson Bay , North Atlantic Ocean, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 18 - 930 Meter
Size:: up to 14.17" (36 cm)
Temperature:: 30.2 °F - 39.2 °F (-1°C - 4°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Isopods, Krill, Schrimps, Sea squirts
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Lycodes adolfi
Lycodes akuugun
Lycodes albolineatus
Lycodes albonotatus
Lycodes bathybius
Lycodes beringi
Lycodes brevipes
Lycodes brunneofasciatus
Lycodes caudimaculatus
Lycodes concolor
Lycodes cortezianus
Lycodes diapterus
Lycodes esmarkii
Esmarks Wolfsfisch
Lycodes eudipleurostictus
Lycodes fasciatus
Lycodes frigidus
Lycodes fulvus
Lycodes gracilis
Lycodes heinemanni
Lycodes hubbsi
Lycodes japonicus
Lycodes jenseni
Lycodes jugoricus
Lycodes lavalaei
Lycodes luetkenii
Lycodes macrochir
Lycodes macrolepis
Lycodes marisalbi
Lycodes matsubarai
Lycodes mcallisteri
Lycodes microlepidotus
Lycodes microporus
Lycodes mucosus
Lycodes nakamurae
Lycodes nishimurai
Lycodes obscurus
Lycodes ocellatus
Lycodes paamiuti
Lycodes pacificus
Lycodes palearis
Lycodes pallidus
Lycodes paucilepidotus
Lycodes pectoralis
Lycodes polaris
Lycodes raridens
Lycodes reticulatus
Arktische Aalmutter
Lycodes rossi
Lycodes sadoensis
Lycodes sagittarius
Lycodes schmidti
Lycodes semenovi
Lycodes seminudus
Aalmutter
Lycodes sigmatoides
Lycodes soldatovi
Lycodes squamiventer
Lycodes tanakae
Lycodes teraoi
Lycodes terraenovae
Lycodes toyamensis
Lycodes turneri
Lycodes uschakovi
Lycodes vahlii
Lycodes yamatoi
Lycodes ygreknotatus

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-01-09 10:37:28
Last edit:: 2020-04-04 19:42:45

Info

Reinhardt, 1835

Speial thanks for the fotos to Rudolf Svensen, Norway.

Distribution:
Western Atlantic: western Greenland, Hudson Bay and Labrador to Massachusetts.
Arctic: west of Boothia Peninsula in the Northwest Territories and the northern parts of Kara and Laptev seas.

Biology:
Occurs on soft bottoms. Benthic.
Feeds mainly on epibenthic animals and does not seem to burrow much for prey.
Smaller fish prey on smaller species like amphipods, isopods and small bivalves while larger fish prey on shrimps, euphausiids and fish.
Source: FishBase

Synonymised taxa:
Lycodes perspicillum Krøyer, 1845
Lycodes reticulatus hacheyi Vladykov, 1933
Lycodes reticulatus laurentianus Vladykov & Tremblay, 1936
Lycodes reticulatus macrocephalus Jensen, 1904
Source: Worms

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Zoarcidae (Family) > Lycodinae (Subfamily) > Lycodes (Genus)

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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