Lycodes adolfi Nielsen and Fosså, 1993 (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) found in the Arctic Ocean

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Byrkjedal, Ingvar, Langhelle, Gunnar, de Lange Wenneck, Thomas, Wienerroither, Rupert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2010
• Subjects: Eelpouts; Zoarcidae; Lycodes adolfi; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Norwegian Sea; Polar Biology; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/5201; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0892-y

Adolf’s eelpout, Lycodes adolfi, was found at five bottom trawl stations in 2007–2009, on the slope towards the Sofia Deep north of Spitsbergen, at depths of 970–1,220 m and water temperatures below 0°C. Previously, the species has been known from cold and deep waters south of 74°N to both sides of Greenland and in the Norwegian Sea. The present material represents the first records from the Arctic Ocean and may indicate a wider arctic distribution of this species. publishedVersion