Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) >
Zoarcidae (Eelpouts) > Lycodinae Etymology: Lycodes: Greek,
lykos = wolf + Greek, suffix, oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range Marine; demersal; depth range 19 -
1750 m (Ref. 58426). Polar; -1°C - ? (Ref. 4695); 83°N - 41°N
Size / Weight / Age Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length :
26.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4695); common length : 18.0 cm TL
male/unsexed; (Ref. 4695) Morphology | Morphometrics Vertebrae:
90 - 93. Pelvic fins small (Ref. 4695). Young with pale,
yellowish-brown body, with 6-8 light and narrow cross bands
which are more distinct on the dorsal fin; larger individuals
lose the bands, becoming more or less uniformly colored (Ref.
4695). Circumarctic (Ref. 11954). Northeast Atlantic: northeast
Greenland, Jan Mayen Island, northern coasts of Iceland, Faroes-
Shetland slope, northern part of Barents Sea, White Sea and
around Spitsbergen. Northwest Atlantic: Arctic Canada to
Labrador and Gulf of St. Lawre