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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) > Anoplagoninae (Subfamily) > 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 (misspelling)
Aspidophoroides olriki Lütken, 1877 (misspelling)
Aspidophoroides olrikii Lütken, 1877
Ulcina güntheri (Bean, 1885) (misspelling)
Ulcina olriki (Lütken, 1877) (misspelling)
Sources  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]

from synonym: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

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: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.  [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Arctic alligatorfish  [details]
French poisson-alligator arctique  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål arktisk panserulke  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk arktisk panserulke  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
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 Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Hudson Strait (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North West Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Ungava Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To PESI
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]
Images 
Ulcina olrikii, Arctic alligatorfish
Ulcina olrikii, Arctic alligatorfish
added on 2010-03-09 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Duc d'Orléans (1909, pl. 1)
Duc d'Orléans (1909, pl. 1)
added on 2010-09-03 - author: Duc d'Orléans
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
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Alligatorfishes - comparison (dorsal)
Alligatorfishes - comparison (dorsal)
added on 2011-02-12 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Alligatorfishes - comparison (ventral)
Alligatorfishes - comparison (ventral)
added on 2011-02-12 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Ulcina olrikii - dorsal ventral
Ulcina olrikii - dorsal ventral
added on 2012-04-18 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274356
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Ulcina olrikii (Lütken, 1877). 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=274356 on 2013-05-20
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