Biology:Arctic alligatorfish

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Arctic alligatorfish
FMIB 39384 Aspidophoroides guntheri Bean.jpeg
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A. olrikii
Binomial name
Aspidophoroides olrikii
Lütken, 1877
Synonyms[1]
  • Ulcina olrikii (Lütken, 1877)
  • Aspidophoroides olriki Lütken, 1877
  • Ulcina olriki (Lütken, 1877)
  • Aspidophoroides guentherii Bean, 1885
  • Aspidophoroides guntheri Bean, 1885
  • Aspidophoroides güntherii Bean, 1885
  • Ulcina güntheri (Bean, 1885)

The Arctic alligatorfish[2] (Aspidophoroides olrikii) is a fish in the family Agonidae (poachers).[3] It was described by C.F. Lütken in 1877.[4] It is a marine and brackish-water dwelling fish which is known from the Arctic, the northwestern Atlantic and northwestern and northeastern Pacific Ocean, including Canada , Greenland, Siberia, the Barents Sea, the White Sea, the Kara Sea, the Chukchi Sea, the Bering Sea, the Bering Strait, and the Anadyr Gulf. It dwells at a depth range of 7–520 metres, in salinities of 30-35 ppt, and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting sand and mud bottoms. It mostly lives in temperatures below 0 °C, but on rare occasions has been found in temperatures of 2-3 °C. Males can reach a maximum total length of 8.6 centimetres.[3]

The diet of the Arctic alligatorfish consists of amphipods such as Dyopedos porrectus and Paradulichia typica, bivalves such as Macoma calcarea, ostracods, isopods, and nemertine worms.[5]

References

  1. Synonyms of Aspidophoroides olrikii at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Aspidophoroides olrikii at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Aspidophoroides olrikii at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Lütken, C. F., 1877 [ref. 17566] Korte bidrag til nordisk Ichthyographi. I. Foreløbige Meddelelser om nordiske Ulkefiske (Cottoidei). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1876-1877: 355-388 + 72-98.
  5. Food items reported for Aspidophoroides olrikii at www.fishbase.org.

Wikidata ☰ Q1532127 entry