Pale eelpout (Lycodes pallidus)

Scientific name: Lycodes pallidus Collett, 1879

Pale eelpout (Lycodes pallidus)

The Pale eelpout (Lycodes pallidus) is a marine fish of the family Zoarcidae.

Biology

Vertebrae: 90 - 93. Pelvic fins small. Young with pale, yellowish-brown body, with 6-8 light and narrow cross bands which are more distinct on the dorsal fin; larger individuals lose the bands, becoming more or less uniformly colored.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Lycodes pallidus
Family
Zoarcidae (Eelpouts)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
26.0
Common length
18.0
Depth range
19–1750 m (62–5741 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 19 - 1750 m
Climate
Polar
Distribution
Circumarctic. Northeast Atlantic: northeast Greenland, Jan Mayen Island, northern coasts of Iceland, Faroes-Shetland slope, northern part of Barents Sea, White Sea and around Spitsbergen. Northwest Atlantic: Arctic Canada to Labrador and Gulf of St. Lawrence; possibly to Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA. Arctic Ocean: Kara Sea, western part of Laptev Sea, Beaufort Sea and Arctic Canada. Subspecies(?) Lycodes pallidus marisalbi in White Sea only.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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