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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyZoarcidae
  5. ›genusLycenchelys
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IUCN NE · Not evaluated

White eelpout

Lycenchelys alba (Vaillant, 1888)

Also calledLabrador-porebrosme (dan) · Lycode blanche (fra)

Lycenchelys alba is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

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L. alba is reported off the Azores, in the PECS area (56 NM southeast of the Antialtair Seamount). Holotype collected in 1883 as Lycodes albus Vaillant, 1888, MNHN, No. 1886 - 0590, 21.2830 º W, 42.2500 º N. L. albus is a synonym of Lycenchelys alba.

Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf

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Description

Lycenchelys alba is up to 26.7 cm (10.5 in) in length. Its head pores are large and oval.

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Range & habitat

Lycenchelys alba is benthic, living at depths of up to 3,975 m (13,041 ft) in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, between Rockall and the Azores.

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Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2380637.