CaRMS taxon details
Icelus bicornis (Reinhardt, 1840)
127199 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127199)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Reinhardt, J. C. H. (1840). Om nye Grönlandske fiske. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger og dets Medlemmers Arbeider (Kjøbenhavn).</em> v. 7 (1839): 8-10. [details]
Distribution Greenland to Baffin Island, Ungava Bay, eastern Hudson Bay at Hamilton Inlet, Labrador, off northeastern Newfoundland, off...
Distribution Greenland to Baffin Island, Ungava Bay, eastern Hudson Bay at Hamilton Inlet, Labrador, off northeastern Newfoundland, off the southern Scotian Shelf, in the Bay of Fundy [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Icelus bicornis (Reinhardt, 1840). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127199 on 2025-05-12
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Icelus bicornis (Reinhardt, 1840). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127199 on 2025-05-12
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(of ) Reinhardt, J. C. H. (1840). Om nye Grönlandske fiske. <em>Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger og dets Medlemmers Arbeider (Kjøbenhavn).</em> v. 7 (1839): 8-10. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on benthic polychaetes, crustaceans (Hyppolyte, Boreophausia), and large hypereids (Phascolosoma) [details]Distribution Greenland to Baffin Island, Ungava Bay, eastern Hudson Bay at Hamilton Inlet, Labrador, off northeastern Newfoundland, off the southern Scotian Shelf, in the Bay of Fundy [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found on muddy, sandy or rocky bottoms or among algae. [details]
Reproduction Female lays 150-1,000 eggs with a diameter of 3mm [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | two-horn sculpintwohorn sculpin | [details] |
| French | icèle à deux cornes | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | tornulke | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | tornulke | [details] |
| Swedish | klykskrabb | [details] |
| Welsh | sgorpion môr deugorn | [details] |
