Facts about Stout Eelblenny (Anisarchus medius)

An abundant and widespread eelblenny in Arctic seas

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Creamy white to yellowish body with vague brown or reddish brown spots or monotone; Dorsal and anal fins connected to the caudal fin; anal fin gradually increasing in height so that the last rays are longer than those of the dorsal fin

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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).

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann 1983 A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 336 p. (Ref. 2850) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=2850&speccode=2592

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Distribution

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

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
Johnson CL, Runge JA, Curtis KA, Durbin EG, Hare JA, Incze LS, Link J, Melvin GD, O'Brien TD, Van Guelpen, L (in revision) Biodiversity and ecosystem function in the Gulf of Maine: pattern and role of zooplankton and pelagic nekton. PLoS One. http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/masdea/masdea.php?p=sourcedetails&id=148111
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

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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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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).

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann 1983 A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 336 p. (Ref. 2850) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=2850&speccode=2592

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Morphology

Dorsal soft rays (total): 0

Makushok, V.M. 1986 Lumpenidae (subfamily of Stichaeidae). p. 1126-1129. 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, UNESCO, Paris, Vol. III. (Ref. 10571) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=10571&speccode=3789

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Size

Maximum size: 180 mm TL

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Max. size

30.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 56557))

Novikov, N.P., A.S. Sokolovsky, T.G. Sokolovskaya and Y.M. Yakovlev 2002 The fishes of Primorye. Vladivostok, Far Eastern State Tech. Fish. Univ., 552 p. (Ref. 56557) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=56557&speccode=2592

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Diagnostic Description

Caudal fin rounded (Ref. 10571). Body light yellowish, usually with faint darker patches (Ref. 10571).

Makushok, V.M. 1986 Lumpenidae (subfamily of Stichaeidae). p. 1126-1129. 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, UNESCO, Paris, Vol. III. (Ref. 10571) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=10571&speccode=3789

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Habitat

Depth range based on 161 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 68 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 159
  Temperature range (°C): -1.349 - 7.122
  Nitrate (umol/L): 2.249 - 33.771
  Salinity (PPS): 30.907 - 33.183
  Oxygen (ml/l): 5.863 - 8.611
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.746 - 2.672
  Silicate (umol/l): 5.849 - 54.938

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0 - 159

Temperature range (°C): -1.349 - 7.122

Nitrate (umol/L): 2.249 - 33.771

Salinity (PPS): 30.907 - 33.183

Oxygen (ml/l): 5.863 - 8.611

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.746 - 2.672

Silicate (umol/l): 5.849 - 54.938

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Habitat Type: Marine

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Depth: 10 - 150m.
From 10 to 150 meters.

Habitat: demersal.

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Arctic-subarctic; Benthic, on muddy and sandy mud substrate; intertidal depths to 265 m, typically < 100 m; Near-bottom temperatures of -1.7 to 7.9°C (Chukchi Sea)

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Environment

demersal; marine; depth range 10 - 300 m (Ref. 50550), usually 30 - 100 m (Ref. 10571)

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
Makushok, V.M. 1986 Lumpenidae (subfamily of Stichaeidae). p. 1126-1129. 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, UNESCO, Paris, Vol. III. (Ref. 10571) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=10571&speccode=3789

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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 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).

Makushok, V.M. 1986 Lumpenidae (subfamily of Stichaeidae). p. 1126-1129. 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, UNESCO, Paris, Vol. III. (Ref. 10571) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=10571&speccode=3789

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Lives on polychaetes, small crustaceans, other benthic organisms; Eaten by other benthic fishes and seabirds

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Life Cycle

Little reported; Larvae were present in June off Kamchatka

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Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Anisarchus medius

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.

DSFAL547-09|RUSALCA09-63|Anisarchus medius| ------------------------------------------CTCTATCTAGTATTTGGTGCATGAGCCGGAATAGTGGGCACAGCTCTA---AGTCTCCTCATTCGAGCAGAACTAAGCCAGCCCGGCGCCCTTTTAGGAGAC---GACCAAATTTATAACGTAATTGTTACAGCGCATGCGTTTGTAATAATTTTCTTTATAGTAATACCAATCATGATCGGGGGGTTTGGAAACTGGCTTATCCCCTTAATA---ATTGGGGCCCCAGACATAGCATTTCCCCGAATAAATAACATGAGTTTTTGACTACTCCCTCCCTCCTTCCTTCTTCTCCTTGCCTCTTCTGGGGTAGAAGCGGGAGCCGGGACAGGATGAACAGTTTACCCACCCCTTTCTGGCAATTTAGCCCACGCAGGGGCCTCTGTTGACTTA---ACAATTTTTTCTCTCCACTTGGCGGGAATTTCTTCAATTCTTGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACAACCATTATTAACATAAAACCCCCGGCCATTTCTCAGTACCAAACACCCCTTTTCGTTTGATCAGTGCTTATTACCGCCGTTCTCCTACTCCTCTCTCTACCCGTACTCGCAGCT---GGCATTACAATGCTCTTGACAGACCGAAATCTTAATACTACCTTCTTCGACCCCGCCGGAGGGGGTGACCCCATCCTCTACCAACACCTC-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Anisarchus medius

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 16
Species: 22
Species With Barcodes: 1

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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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Benefits

Importance

fisheries:

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Taxonomy

Comments: Change in genus from Lumpenus follows various works cited in Eschmeyer (1998: Online version, March 2003) and Mecklenburg et al. (2002) (Nelson et al., 2004).

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