Ulcina olrikii — Details

The most abundant poacher in the Arctic Ocean

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Brownish, with darker bands or spots; posterior margin of dorsal and anal fins chalky white in males; One dorsal fin; Relatively short body, broad head; No supralateral plates; Nasal spines present, well developed; Short barbel on posterior end of maxilla (upper jaw)

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Biology

Found on sand and mud bottoms, at temperatures mostly below 0°C, rarely to 2-3°C or more and salinities of 33-35 ppt (Ref. 4700). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Minimum depth reported at 7m (Ref. 5951). Feeds on small amphipods, ostracods and nemertine worms (Ref. 4700).

Andriashev, A.P. 1986 Agonidae. p. 1265-1268. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4700) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4700&speccode=36

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Distribution

Arctic Ocean to Western Atlantic (Hudson Bay and Labrador, to Georges Bank, also in Greenland); also in the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, White Sea and Siberia

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Distribution

Gulf of Maine, Gulf of St. Lawrence

North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
Nozères C., Archambault D., Chouinard P.-M., Gauthier J., Miller R., Parent E., Schwab P., Savard L., and Dutil J.-D. 2010. Identification guide for marine fishes of the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and sampling protocols used during trawl surveys between 2004 and 2008. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2866: xi + 243 p http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145051

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

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Arctic to Northwest Atlantic and Northwest to Northeast Pacific: Hudson Bay and Labrador in Canada and Greenland. Also in the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, White Sea and Siberia (Ref. 4700); Chukchi Sea, Bering Strait, Bering Sea and Anadyr Gulf (Ref. 6876).

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=7251&speccode=942

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Physical Description

Morphology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 7; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 5 - 7

Andriashev, A.P. 1986 Agonidae. p. 1265-1268. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4700) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4700&speccode=36

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Size

Maximum size: 86 mm TL

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Max. size

8.6 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4700))

Andriashev, A.P. 1986 Agonidae. p. 1265-1268. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4700) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4700&speccode=36

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Diagnostic Description

Caudal fin rounded. Upper parts brownish-grey, with a few dark spots or bands, lower parts light (Ref. 4700).

Andriashev, A.P. 1986 Agonidae. p. 1265-1268. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4700) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4700&speccode=36

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Type Information

Paratype for Aspidophoroides guentherii Bean
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): M. Healy
Year Collected: 1884
Locality: Alaska, United States, Pacific
Vessel: US Revenue Steamer Thomas Corwin

Paratype: Bean, T. H. 1885. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 8 (487): 74.

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Holotype for Aspidophoroides guentherii Bean
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): L. Stoney
Year Collected: 1884
Locality: Alaska, United States, Pacific

Holotype: Bean, T. H. 1885. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 8 (487): 74.

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Ecology

Habitat

benthic

North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS) http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901

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Habitat

Found on sand and mud bottoms, at temeratures mostly below 0°C, rarely to 2-3°C or more and salinities of 33-35 ppt.

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Depth range based on 201 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 135 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 420
  Temperature range (°C): -1.437 - 7.623
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.373 - 33.771
  Salinity (PPS): 29.558 - 33.939
  Oxygen (ml/l): 5.688 - 9.022
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.515 - 2.672
  Silicate (umol/l): 3.665 - 54.714

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0 - 420

Temperature range (°C): -1.437 - 7.623

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.373 - 33.771

Salinity (PPS): 29.558 - 33.939

Oxygen (ml/l): 5.688 - 9.022

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.515 - 2.672

Silicate (umol/l): 3.665 - 54.714

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Habitat Type: Marine

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Depth: 15 - 520m.
From 15 to 520 meters.

Habitat: demersal.

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Arctic faunal region; Benthic, at depths of 7-520 m, usually < 100 m; Mostly on muddy and muddy-sandy substrate

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Environment

demersal; brackish; marine; depth range 7 - 520 m (Ref. 58496)

Parin, N.V., V.V. Fedorov and B.A. Sheiko 2002 An annotated catalogue of fish-like vertebrates and fishes of the seas of Russia and adjacent countries: Part 2. Order Scorpaeniformes. J. Ichthyol. 42(Suppl.1):S60-S135. (Ref. 58496) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58496&speccode=23989

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Migration

Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

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Trophic Strategy

Found on sand and mud bottoms, at temperatures mostly below 0°C, rarely to 2-3°C or more and salinities of 33-35 ppt (Ref. 4700). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on small amphipods, ostracods and nemertine worms (Ref. 4700). It is preyed upon by halibut (Ref. 5951).

Andriashev, A.P. 1986 Agonidae. p. 1265-1268. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4700) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4700&speccode=36

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Feed on gammarid amphipods, polychaete and nemertine worms, ostracods.; Eaten by halibuts (Hippoglossus) and other bottom fishes

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Life History and Behavior

Life Cycle

Little is known; Eggs demersal; Counts of well developed eggs in ovaries range from 110 to 260

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Aspidophoroides olrikii

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.

DSFAL384-08|OSHOR08-38|Aspidophoroides olrikii| ------------------------------------------CTCTATCTAGTATTTGGTGCTTGAGCCGGAATAGTGGGCACAGCTCTA---AGCCTCCTAATTCGAGCTGAGCTGAGTCAACCCGGAGCCCTTTTAGGGGAC---GACCAAATTTATAATGTGATTGTTACGGCCCATGCTTTCGTAATAATTTTCTTTATAGTAATACCCATCATAATCGGGGGCTTCGGAAACTGACTTATTCCTCTAATG---ATCGGGGCTCCCGACATGGCATTTCCTCGAATAAATAACATAAGCTTTTGGCTTTTGCCCCCCTCCTTCCTACTACTTCTCGCTTCTTCAGGGGTAGAAGCAGGAGCCGGAACTGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCCCCTCTCGCTGGTAACCTGGCACATGCGGGAGCCTCTGTTGACCTG---ACAATTTTCTCTTTACATCTAGCAGGAATCTCCTCCATTCTCGGGGCAATTAATTTTATCACAACCATCATTAACATAAAACCCCCTGCTATTTCTCAATACCAAACCCCTCTTTTCGTGTGGTCCGTTCTTATCACAGCTGTCTTACTGCTTCTCGCCCTTCCCGTCCTTGCTGCT---GGCATTACGATGCTTTTAACAGACCGTAATCTTAACACCACCTTTTTCGACCCAGCAGGAGGTGGAGACCCTATTCTTTATCAACATCTC-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Aspidophoroides olrikii

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 10
Species: 22
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation

Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

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Threats

Not Evaluated

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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