Lumpenus fabricii — Details

An abundant and widespread eelblenny in Arctic seas

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Cream or light tan body with brown blotches and broken bars extending onto lower side; Dorsal and anal fins not connected to caudal fin, anal fin rays not increasing in height posteriorly; Counts of 62-64 dorsal fin spines, 1 spine and 39-41 soft rays in the anal fin, and 70-72 vertebrae distinguish this fish from snake eelblenny, L. sagitta, which has higher counts

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Biology

Inhabits sandy to rocky bottoms, often in seagrass or algae; rarely, if ever, found in intertidal area (Ref. 51666). Feeds on crustaceans, worms, clams, and fish eggs (Ref. 58426).

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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Distribution

Western Atlantic: Arctic to Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada

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Distribution

Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Arctic part], European waters (ERMS scope), Gulf of St. Lawrence, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, North West Atlantic, Ungava Bay

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van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1411
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
Miller, Roberta. 2011. The St. Anne de Bellevue Arctic Biological Station Collection In Museum collection database, Fisheries and Oceans Canada digital collections, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Quebec http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=150285
North/South Consultants 2006. Potential dispersal of aquatic invasive species into Hudson Bay from ballast water from ships travelling from ports in Europe and North America. A report prepared for Fisheries and Ocean Canada File No. F2408-050083 http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=155160
Dunbar, M.J. & H.H. Hildebrand (1952). Contribution to the study of the fishes of Ungava Bay. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 9:83-128, fig. 1. (viii-1952) http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=74556

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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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Circumpolar. Arctic, North Pacific and Northwest Atlantic: Barents Sea eastward to western Greenland; in the Pacific to southeastern Alaska and to northern Sea of Okhotsk; in western Atlantic to Nova Scotia.

Mecklenburg, C.W. and B.A. Sheiko 2004 Family Stichaeidae Gill 1864 - pricklebacks. Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes (35):36. (Ref. 51666) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51666&speccode=25022

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Physical Description

Size

Maximum size: 360 mm TL

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Max. size

36.5 cm NG (male/unsexed; (Ref. 58426))

Coad, B.W. and J.D. Reist 2004 Annotated list of the arctic marine fishes of Canada. Can. MS Rep. Fish Aquat. Sci. 2674:iv:+112 p. (Ref. 58426) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58426&speccode=10003

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Ecology

Habitat

nektonic

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Habitat

shore waters of northern seas

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Depth range based on 166 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 86 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 192.9
  Temperature range (°C): -1.437 - 6.817
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.420 - 17.036
  Salinity (PPS): 30.378 - 33.842
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.918 - 8.585
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.634 - 1.945
  Silicate (umol/l): 4.101 - 40.365

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0 - 192.9

Temperature range (°C): -1.437 - 6.817

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.420 - 17.036

Salinity (PPS): 30.378 - 33.842

Oxygen (ml/l): 4.918 - 8.585

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.634 - 1.945

Silicate (umol/l): 4.101 - 40.365

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Habitat Type: Marine

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Depth: 0 - 175m.
Recorded at 175 meters.

Habitat: benthopelagic.

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Arctic-subarctic; Benthic, on mud to sand and rock substrates, often in algae; subtidal and to depth of 183 m (600 ft), typically on inner shelf at depths < 50 m but rarely intertidal; Near-bottom temperatures of -1.8° (Chukchi Sea) to 10.5°C (Bering Strait) and 13°C (White Sea)

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Environment

demersal; marine; depth range 0 - 235 m (Ref. 50610)

Russian Academy of Sciences 2000 Catalog of vertebrates of Kamchatka and adjacent waters. 166 p. (Ref. 50610) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=50610&speccode=2592

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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

Inhabits sandy to rocky bottoms, often in seagrass or algae; rarely, if ever, found in intertidal area (Ref. 51666). Benthic (Ref. 5951). Feeds on crustaceans, worms, clams, and fish eggs (Ref. 58426).

Atkinson, E.G. and J.A. Percy 1992 Diet comparison among demersal marine fish from the Canadian Arctic. Polar Biol. 11:567-573. (Ref. 46872) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=46872&speccode=4190

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Eats amphipods, copepods, other small crustaceans, fish eggs, polychaetes, oligochaetes, bivalve siphons, and lesser amounts of other foods including bryozoans and priapulids; Eaten by halibuts, cods, sculpins, other bottom fishes, seabirds, and seals

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Life History and Behavior

Life Cycle

Spawns off west Greenland in July, in Kara Sea in October-November; Lays its eggs among algae; 490 nearly ripe eggs found in a 164-mm Kara Sea specimen; Attains 17 years of age

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Lumpenus fabricii

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

There are 16 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.

TZAIC174-05|HLC-10874|Lumpenus fabricii| ------------------------------------------CTCTATCTAGTATTTGGTGCATGAGCCGGAATAGTGGGCACAGCTCTA---AGCCTCCTCATTCGAGCAGAACTAAGCCAGCCCGGCGCCCTCTTAGGAGAC---GACCAAATTTATAACGTAATTGTTACAGCGCATGCGTTCGTAATAATTTTCTTTATAGTAATACCAATCATGATCGGGGGGTTTGGAAACTGGCTAATTCCCCTAATG---ATTGGGGCCCCAGACATAGCATTTCCCCGAATAAATAACATGAGTTTTTGACTCCTCCCTCCCTCTTTTCTCCTTCTCCTTGCCTCCTCTGGGGTAGAGGCGGGGGCTGGAACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCCCTTTCCGGTAATTTAGCCCACGCAGGGGCCTCTGTTGATTTA---ACAATTTTCTCTCTTCACTTAGCGGGGATTTCTTCAATCCTCGGGGCAATCAATTTCATTACGACCATTATTAACATGAAGCCCCCAGCCATTTCTCAGTACCAGACACCCCTTTTCGTCTGATCAGTACTTATTACGGCCGTTCTCCTTCTCCTATCTCTCCCCGTGCTCGCAGCT---GGGATTACCATGCTATTAACAGATCGTAATCTTAACACCACCTTCTTTGACCCCGCCGGAGGAGGTGACCCAATCCTCTATCAACACTTG-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Lumpenus fabricii

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 16
Species: 19
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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