WoRMS taxon details
Lycodes esmarkii Collett, 1875
127103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127103)
accepted
Species
Lycodes esmarki Collett, 1875 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lycodes vachonii Vladykov & Tremblay, 1936 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Collett, R. (1875). Norges fiske, med bemaerkninger om deres Udbredelse. <em>Christiania.</em> 1-240, Pls. 1-2 + map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14389656 [details]
Distribution Greenland, the Labrador shelf off of Newfoundland, on the Scotian Shelf southward to Georges Bank and possibly Virginia
Distribution Greenland, the Labrador shelf off of Newfoundland, on the Scotian Shelf southward to Georges Bank and possibly Virginia [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lycodes esmarkii Collett, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127103 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Collett, R. (1875). Norges fiske, med bemaerkninger om deres Udbredelse. <em>Christiania.</em> 1-240, Pls. 1-2 + map., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14389656 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds almost exclusively on ophiuroids [details]Distribution Greenland, the Labrador shelf off of Newfoundland, on the Scotian Shelf southward to Georges Bank and possibly Virginia [details]
Habitat Occurs at a temperature range of -0.4° to 5.0 °C. Optimal temperatures appear to range between 2.6° and 3.5°C. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | greater eelpoutEsmark's eelpout | [details] |
| French | lycode d'Esmarklycode d’Esmarkgrande lycode | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | ulvefisk | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | ulvefisk | [details] |
| Welsh | gweflogyn Esmark | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Lycodes esmarki Collett, 1875)
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lycodes vachonii Vladykov & Tremblay, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Lycodes esmarki Collett, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lycodes esmarkii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodes esmarki Collett, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodes vachonii Vladykov & Tremblay, 1936)
To FishBase images (Lycodes esmarkii, by Svensen, R.)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Lycodes esmarki Collett, 1875)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lycodes esmarkii RAD114401-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lycodes vachonii Vladykov & Tremblay, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Lycodes esmarki Collett, 1875)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lycodes esmarkii)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodes esmarki Collett, 1875)
To FishBase (from synonym Lycodes vachonii Vladykov & Tremblay, 1936)
To FishBase images (Lycodes esmarkii, by Svensen, R.)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Lycodes esmarki Collett, 1875)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lycodes esmarkii RAD114401-001)
To PESI
To ITIS
