Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
One of the most distinctive-looking Lycodes in the western Arctic
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Pale cream to tan body with 7-9 brown or reddish brown bands extending onto dorsal and anal fins; margin of dorsal fin on bars blackish; top of head and nape with marbled or reticulate pattern; Chin crests well developed, rounded anteriorly; pectoral fin rays 18; lateral line pattern mediolateral; teeth widely and unevenly spaced; scales present on belly, extending to sides above pectoral fin and onto dorsal and anal fins in large specimens
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Distribution
North Pacific: Sakhalin, Russia and the Okhotsk Sea to Bristol Bay and Alaskan Arctic.
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Allen, M.J. and G.B. Smith 1988 Atlas and zoogeography of common fishes in the Bering Sea and northeastern Pacific. NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS 66, 151 p. (Ref. 6793)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6793&speccode=4156
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
77.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527))
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Fadeev, N.S. 2005 Guide to biology and fisheries of fishes of the North Pacific Ocean. Vladivostok, TINRO-Center. 366 p. (Ref. 56527)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=56527&speccode=50376
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 78 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 63 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 27.4 - 199
Temperature range (°C): -1.581 - 3.271
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.529 - 34.597
Salinity (PPS): 31.604 - 33.297
Oxygen (ml/l): 5.549 - 8.585
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.769 - 2.965
Silicate (umol/l): 15.135 - 63.178
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 27.4 - 199
Temperature range (°C): -1.581 - 3.271
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.529 - 34.597
Salinity (PPS): 31.604 - 33.297
Oxygen (ml/l): 5.549 - 8.585
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.769 - 2.965
Silicate (umol/l): 15.135 - 63.178
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 63 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 27.4 - 199
Temperature range (°C): -1.581 - 3.271
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.529 - 34.597
Salinity (PPS): 31.604 - 33.297
Oxygen (ml/l): 5.549 - 8.585
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.769 - 2.965
Silicate (umol/l): 15.135 - 63.178
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 27.4 - 199
Temperature range (°C): -1.581 - 3.271
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.529 - 34.597
Salinity (PPS): 31.604 - 33.297
Oxygen (ml/l): 5.549 - 8.585
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.769 - 2.965
Silicate (umol/l): 15.135 - 63.178
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Depth: 25 - 175m.
From 25 to 175 meters.
Habitat: demersal.
From 25 to 175 meters.
Habitat: demersal.
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Benthic, at depths of 8-360 m, usually < 150 m, deeper in winter, down to 525 m in Sea of Okhotsk; Found on sandy mud and mud bottoms
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Environment
demersal; marine; depth range 10 - 400 m (Ref. 50550)
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Fedorov, V.V., I.A. Chereshnev, M.V. Nazarkin, A.V. Shestakov and V.V. Volobuev 2003 Catalog of marine and freswater fishes of the northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk. Vladivostok: Dalnauka, 2003. 204 p. (Ref. 50550)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=50550&speccode=4633
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Trophic Strategy
Prey on gammarid amphipods, bivalves (Yoldia, Macoma), polychaetes, and decapods; Eaten by seals, seabirds, cods and other fishes
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Life History and Behavior
Life Cycle
Little studied; In western Bering Sea spawns in autumn to early winter; In Bering Sea, fish 86 cm in length were 7 years old; fish aged 3 & 4 years old, measuring 30-50 cm, predominated
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Lycodes raridens
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 10 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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There are 10 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
GBGC6200-08|EU380264|Lycodes raridens| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CTAAGCCAACCCGGCGCCCTCCTGGGGGAC---GACCAAATTTACAATGTCCTTGTTACAGCGCATGCGTTCGTAATAATTTTCTTTATAGTAATACCAATTATGATTGGGGGTTTTGGAAACTGGCTCGTACCCTTAATA---ATTGGGGCCCCGGACATGGCATTCCCCCGAATAAACAACATGAGCTTTTGACTCCTTCCCCCATCTTTTCTTCTCCTCCTTGCCTCTTCGGGGGTGGAGGCGGGTGCTGGGACAGGATGAACAGTTTACCCCCCTCTCTCTGGTAACTTAGCCCATGCAGGAGCCTCCGTTGATTTG---ACAATCTTCTCCCTTCACCTAGCAGGGATTTCTTCAATCCTCGGGGCAATTAATTTTATTACGACCATCATTAACATGAAGCCCCCTGCGATCTCTCAGTACCAGACACCCCTCTTCGTCTGGTCCGTGCTCATTACAGCGGTCCTACTTCTCCTCTCTCTCCCCGTCCTTGCAGCT---GGAATTACCATGCTCCTGACAGATCGTAACCTTAATACCACCTTCTTCGACCCCGCCGGAGGAGGGGACCCCATCCTTTATCAACACCTATTCTGATTCTTTGGCCACCCTGAGGTATATATTCTTATTCTCCCCGGCTTCGGAATAATCTCACACATTGTTGCCTATTACTCTGGCAAAAAA---GAACCCTTCGGGTACATGGGCATGGTCTGGGCTATGATGGCCATCGGCCTTCTAGGCTTCATCGTATGGGCCCACCACATGTTTACCGTGGGGATAG
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Lycodes raridens
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 10
Species: 18
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 10
Species: 18
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
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