| Family: |
Zoarcidae (Eelpouts), subfamily: Lycodinae |
| Max. size: |
51.7 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 50 - 1400 m |
| Distribution: |
Northeast Atlantic: eastern central Greenland southeast to just north of the Faroes, Jan Mayen Island, around Spitsbergen and northern parts of Barents Sea. Arctic: Franklin Bay, North Western Territory and Alaska (Ref. 11976); also the Kara and Beaufort seas. |
| Diagnosis: |
Vertebrae: 96-96. Pelvic fins small (Ref. 4695). Uniformly or mostly dark, with 5-8 short, light cross-bands; band across nape, if present, straight, not curved forward; peritoneum dark, with dense brownish-black dots (Ref. 4695). |
| Biology: |
Found on muddy bottoms (Ref. 4695). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds mainly on epibenthic animals. With increase in size, shrimps and euphausiids are ingested in greater quantities but unlike L. reticulatus, its ingestion of smaller prey items does not decrease. Changes in feeding habit with size are relatively small (Ref. 13532). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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