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Ulcina olrikii (Lütken, 1877) 
AphiaID: 274356

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Agonidae (Family) > Ulcina (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Ulcina Cramer, 1896
Synonymised
taxa
  Aspidophoroides guentherii Bean, 1885
Aspidophoroides guntheri Bean, 1885 (misspelling)
Aspidophoroides güntherii Bean, 1885
Aspidophoroides olriki Lütken, 1877
Aspidophoroides olrikii Lütken, 1877
Ulcina güntheri (Bean, 1885)
Ulcina olriki (Lütken, 1877) (synonym)
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Arctic alligatorfish  [details]
French poisson-alligator arctique  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details]
Links To FishBase
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on small amphipods, ostracods and nemertine worms  [details]

Distribution: Arctic Ocean to Western Atlantic (Hudson Bay and Labrador, to Georges Bank, also in Greenland); also in the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, White Sea and Siberia  [details]

Habitat: Found on sand and mud bottoms, at temeratures mostly below 0°C, rarely to 2-3°C or more and salinities of 33-35 ppt. [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]
Image 
Ulcina olrikii
Ulcina olrikii
added on 2010-03-09 - author: Nozeres, Claude
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Ulcina olrikii (Lütken, 1877). 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=274356 on 2010-09-02
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