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Lycenchelys paxillus (Goode & Bean, 1879)

Common wolf eel
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Zoarcoidei (Eelpouts and pricklebacks) > Zoarcidae (Eelpouts) > Lycodinae
Etymology: Lycenchelys: Greek, lykos = wolf + Greek, enchelys, -yos = eel (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Goode & Bean.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 46 - 1525 m (Ref. 58426). Deep-water

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Western Atlantic: West Greenland (Ref. 34267) and Grand Banks to North Carolina, USA.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 23 - ? cm
Max length : 17.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11954)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 112 - 124; Anal soft rays: 106 - 116; Vertebrae: 127 - 137. Predorsal length 17.1-23.1% SL. Suborbital head pores, 7 (rarely 6). Abdomen scaled.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Lives on mud or sand (Ref. 5951); benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on molluscs and cumaceans (Ref. 58426).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Anderson, M.E., 1994. Systematics and osteology of the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. 60:120 p. (Ref. 11954)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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