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> Perciformes/Zoarcoidei (Eelpouts and pricklebacks) > Zoarcidae (Eelpouts) > Gymnelinae
Etymology: Gymnelus: Gymnelus, derived from Greek, gymnēlos (Latinized Greek) = poor, needy (akin to Greek gymnos for destitute (E. Spencer, pers.comm. 09/13).; viridis: Name from Latin 'viridis' for green' in Latin, name given by O. Fabricius due to the colour of fishes, which live in a zone of macroalgae (Ref. 123905).

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

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 320 m (Ref. 50610). Polar; 84°N - 39°N, 180°W - 20°E

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Arctic: Greenland and Canadian Arctic. Northeast Pacific: Bering Sea (Ref. 51665). Northern Atlantic: Canada and Barents Sea. Replaced by other species in the Arctic seas of Eurasia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 10 - ? cm
Max length : 56.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4926)

Inhabits continental shelves, but generally living in shallower water (Ref. 11954); usually live over sand and muddy bottoms among seaweeds (Ref. 5951). Benthic; feeds on crustaceans, worms and clams (Ref. 58426).

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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)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): -1.5 - 4.8, mean -0.5 °C (based on 1722 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00282 (0.00150 - 0.00530), b=3.19 (3.01 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.26 se; based on food items.

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (tmax=12).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).

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