Glacial eelpout

Lycodes frigidus

Lay five hundred eggs

Glacial eelpout is known around Northeast Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the largest recorded length is 69 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Zoarcidae
Genus: Lycodes
Maximum length: 69 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Northeast Atlantic: Norwegian Sea from Spitsbergen to the north side of the North Atlantic Ridge; Nunavut (Ref. 58426 ), northeast Greenland to Jan Mayen Island and north of Iceland. Arctic Ocean: northern Laptev Sea, East Siberian and Chukchi seas (Ref. 4695 ).

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