Lycenchelys muraena

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Lycenchelys muraena
The drawing by Albert Günther shows a specimen that was caught during the expedition with the HMS Challenger (1873–1876).

The drawing by Albert Günther shows a specimen that was caught during the expedition with the HMS Challenger (1873–1876).

Systematics
Subordination : Cottoidei
Partial order : Eel mother relatives (Zoarcales)
Family : Eel Nuts (Zoarcidae)
Subfamily : Lycodinae
Genre : Lycenchelys
Type : Lycenchelys muraena
Scientific name
Lycenchelys muraena
( Collett , 1878)

Lycenchelys muraena is a fish from the eel mother family(Zoarcidae) thatlivesat the bottom of the Arctic Ocean and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean .

description

Lycenchelys muraena is elongated with a body narrowing towards the back and a flattened head. It has a yellow-brown color with a double side line , the lower one often being indistinct. Body lengths of up to 22.6 cm were registered.

The species can be found on the sea floor at a depth of 350 to 1,700 meters. It prefers muddy soils ( Dy ) at depths of 620 to 1,125 meters and water temperatures around freezing point. The food is made up of small crustaceans .

The distribution area stretches across the Arctic Ocean from the Kara Sea to northwestern Greenland and across the northern Atlantic from Spitsbergen to the Faroe Islands . The species has also been documented near mainland Norway .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lycenchelys muraena Collett, 1878 ( engl. ) IT . Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b Curry-Lindahl, Kai : Våra fiskar: havs- och sötvattensfiskar i Norden och övriga Europa . Norstedts, Stockholm 1985, ISBN 91-1844202-1 , p. 450 .
  3. ↑ a b c Dalsgaard, Anne Johanne Tang, Bailly, Nicolas: Lycenchelys muraena Collett, 1878 Moray wolf eel ( Engl. ) Fishbase. November 15, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ Lycenchelys muraena ( Engl. ) Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved June 25, 2012.