snakeblenny

Lumpenus lampretaeformis

Fifty Centimeters Blenny of the Atlantic Ocean

Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
North America
Anguilliform
Medium
Temperate fish

Lumpenus lampretaeformis, the snakeblenny, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. It is native to the coasts of Northern Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Lumpenidae
Genus: Lumpenus
Maximum length: 50 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: North Atlantic: Spitsbergen southward to Scandinavian coasts, North Sea, southern part of the Baltic, the Faroes, Iceland and south-eastern coasts of Greenland. Elsewhere, western coasts of Greenland; also, Labrador and Newfoundland to Massachusetts Bay (subspecies Lumpenus lumpretaeformis serpentinus Storer, Ref. 51666 ).

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