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Newfoundland eelpout

Lycodes lavalaei

Classification

Family
Zoarcidae

Lycodes terraenovae, also called the Newfoundland eelpout, Atlantic eelpout or fish doctor, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. It is found in deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy Lycodes terraenovae was first formally described in 1896 by the Norwegian zoologist Robert Collett with the type locality given as the Newfoundland Banks in the northwestern Atlantic.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 782