Lycenchelys kolthoffi Checkered wolf eel

Lycenchelys kolthoffi is commonly referred to as Checkered wolf eel. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Rudolf Svensen, Norwegen

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Scientific:: Lycenchelys kolthoffi
German:: Aalmutter
English:: Checkered Wolf Eel

Category:: Eelpout

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Zoarcidae (Family) > Lycenchelys (Genus) > kolthoffi (Species)
Initial determination:: Jensen, 1904

Occurrence:: Russland, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Canada Eastern Pacific, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 202 - 930 Meter
Size:: up to 9.13" (23.2 cm)
Temperature:: 30.2 °F - 39.2 °F (-1°C - 4°C)
Food:: Clams, Zoobenthos
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Lycenchelys alba
Lycenchelys albeola
Lycenchelys albomaculata
Lycenchelys alta
Lycenchelys antarctica
Lycenchelys aratrirostris
Lycenchelys argentina
Lycenchelys aurantiaca
Lycenchelys bachmanni
Lycenchelys bellingshauseni
Lycenchelys bullisi
Lycenchelys callista
Lycenchelys camchatica
Lycenchelys chauliodus
Lycenchelys cicatrifer
Lycenchelys crotalinus
Lycenchelys fedorovi
Lycenchelys folletti
Lycenchelys hadrogeneia
Lycenchelys hippopotamus
Lycenchelys hureaui
Lycenchelys imamurai
Lycenchelys incisa
Lycenchelys jordani
Lycenchelys kolthoffi
Aalmutter
Lycenchelys lonchoura
Lycenchelys maculata
Lycenchelys makushok
Lycenchelys maoriensis
Lycenchelys melanostomias
Lycenchelys micropora
Lycenchelys monstrosa
Lycenchelys muraena
Lycenchelys nanospinata
Lycenchelys nigripalatum
Lycenchelys novaezealandiae
Lycenchelys parini
Lycenchelys paxillus
Lycenchelys pearcyi
Lycenchelys pentactina
Lycenchelys pequenoi
Lycenchelys peruana
Lycenchelys platyrhina
Lycenchelys plicifera
Lycenchelys polyodon
Lycenchelys porifer
Lycenchelys rassi
Lycenchelys ratmanovi
Lycenchelys remissaria
Lycenchelys rosea
Lycenchelys ryukyuensis
Lycenchelys sarsii
Lycenchelys scaurus
Lycenchelys squamosa
Lycenchelys tohokuensis
Lycenchelys tristichodon
Lycenchelys uschakovi
Lycenchelys verrillii
Lycenchelys vitiazi
Lycenchelys volki
Lycenchelys wilkesi
Lycenchelys xanthoptera

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-01-17 18:43:50
Last edit:: 2020-04-04 19:43:49

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Jensen, 1904

Distribution:
Arctic, Northwest to Northeast Atlantic: north of Novaya Zemlya and northern part of Kara Sea; then from Greenland, Hudson Strait, north of Iceland, Faroe Islands, Svalbard and Laptev Sea.

Biology:
Benthic; feeds on clams

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Zoarcidae (Family) > Lycodinae (Subfamily) > Lycenchelys (Genus)

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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