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Lycodes polaris (Sabine, 1824) 
AphiaID: 127111

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Zoarcidae (Family) > Lycodes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lycodes
Synonymised
taxa
  Blennius polaris Sabine, 1824
Lycodes agnostus Jensen, 1902
Lycodes turneri atlanticus Vladykov & Tremblay, 1936
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Canadian eelpout  [details]
English polar eelpout  [details]
French lycode polaire  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To FishBase
To GenBank
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on small benthic invertebrates  [details]

Distribution: Nearly circumpolar along Arctic coasts of Asia and North America. As far south as 47.7°N in Canadian Atlantic. North Pacific: northern part of Bering Sea [details]

Habitat: Found on muddy bottoms. [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]
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history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Lycodes polaris (Sabine, 1824). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127111 on 2010-09-02
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