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Lumpenus lampretaeformis (Walbaum, 1792) 
AphiaID: 154675

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Stichaeidae (Family) > Lumpeninae (Subfamily) > Lumpenus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lumpenus Reinhardt, 1836
Synonymised
taxa
  Blennius gracilis Stuwitz, 1838
Blennius lampretaeformis Walbaum, 1792
Blennius lumpretaeformis Walbaum, 1792 (misspelling)
Blennius serpentinus Storer, 1855
Centrnotus islandicus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Clinus mohrii Krøyer, 1836
Clinus nebulosus Fries, 1838
Lumpenus ampetraeformis terraenovae Vladykov, 1935
Lumpenus gracilis Reinhardt, 1837
Lumpenus lampetraeformis (Walbaum, 1792) (misspelling)
Lumpenus lampetraeformis americanus Vladykov, 1935
Lumpenus lumpretaeformis (Walbaum, 1792) (misspelling)
Sources  original description: Walbaum, J.J. (Ed.) (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis: redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52: Ichthyologiae pars 3. Ant. Ferdin. Röse: Grypeswaldiae. 723, 3 plates pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

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

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish spidshalet langebarn  [details]
Dutch Ijslandse bandvis  [details]
English snake blenny  [details]
English snakeblenny  [details]
French lompénie-serpent  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål langhalet langebarn  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk langhala langebarn  [details]
Swedish spetslångebarn  [details]
Swedish spetsstjärtat långebarn  [details]
Welsh llyfrothen fain  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
FAO fishing area 18 (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Hudson Strait (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Scotland [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on crustaceans, molluscs, brittle stars and worms [details]

Distribution: Newfoundland and Labrador to Massachusetts Bay [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Habitat: Found at depths of 50- 200 m burrowing into the mud. [details]

Predators: Cod, pollock, hake [details]

Reproduction: Spawns from December through January, lays eggs on the sea floor [details]
Images 
Two eelblennies (Stichaeidae)
[image from synonym]
Two eelblennies (Stichaeidae)
added on 2010-07-15 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked

Lumpenus lampretaeformis - snakeblenny
Lumpenus lampretaeformis - snakeblenny
added on 2011-02-12 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154675
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-04-19 07:59:47Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lumpenus lampretaeformis (Walbaum, 1792). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154675 on 2013-05-25
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