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Anisarchus medius (Reinhardt, 1837)

Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 0. Caudal fin rounded (Ref. 10571). Body light yellowish, usually with faint darker patches (Ref. 10571).

Common Names

  • Nordlig langebarn , Danish , Denmark
  • Stout eelblenny , English , Canada
  • Stout eelblenny , English , USA
  • Stout eelblenny , English , Alaska
  • Keskmine mudalimusk , Estonian , Estonia
  • Lompénie naine , French , Canada
  • Shalup-pau-gah , Inuktitut , Canada
  • 中間弧線鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 中间弧线鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 強壯北鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 强壮北鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Rundhalet langebarn , Norwegian , Norway
  • Ilniy lyumpen , Russian , Russia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Zoarcoidei

    Family: Lumpenidae

    Genus: Anisarchus

    Species: Anisarchus medius (Reinhardt, 1837)

    Climate Zone

  • demersal

    • Location

  • North Pacific: Bering Sea to Japan and southeastern Alaska. Northwest Atlantic: Arctic to western Greenland and Labrador, Canada. Northeast Atlantic: Norway, Russia and Spitsbergen (Ref. 10571).

    • Biology

    Found on muddy bottoms, generally preferring water below 0°C and salinities above 30 ppt. (Ref. 10571). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on small benthic invertebrates (Ref. 10571).

    Habitat

    demersal