WoRMS name details
Ulcina olrikii (Lütken, 1877)
274356 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:274356)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Arctic Ocean to Western Atlantic (Hudson Bay and Labrador, to Georges Bank, also in Greenland); also in the Barents Sea,...
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ulcina olrikii (Lütken, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=274356 on 2026-07-10
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additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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 benthic [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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Arctic alligatorfish | [details] |
| French | poisson-alligator arctique | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | arktisk panserulke | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | arktisk panserulke | [details] |