Iceland country information

Common names: Krækill
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 4698.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ic.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://brunnur.stjr.is/interpro/sjavarutv/english.nsf/pages/front
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jonsson, G., 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Hameçon atlantique, Hookhorn sculpin, Atlantic hookear, ... more

Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Artediellus: Petrus (Peter) Artedi, (10 Mar.) 1705-35 (28 Sep.), a son of a clergyman from Anundsjö named Olaus Arctaedius, in the northern part of Sweden.In 1729 he changed his name from Arctaedius to Arctædi, a name still later simplified to Artedi (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Evermann.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin démersal; profondeur 35 - 900 m (Ref. 35388). Temperate; -2°C - 4°C (Ref. 35388); 80°N - 41°N, 71°W - 41°E

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Northwest Atlantic: Greenland and Canada to Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA. Northeast Atlantic: Greenland, Iceland, the Faroes, Novaya Zemlya (but not White Sea) in Russia, southern part of Barents Sea, Scandinavian coast to Skagerrak, the Orkneys in Scotland, and Ireland.

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 35388); 10.6 cm SL (female); common length : 10.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4698)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Gill membranes joined to each other under the throat, lateral line scales without bony knobs. Upper spine of the front gill cover curved upwards (Ref. 35388).

Occur on sandy or muddy bottoms (Ref. 4698). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feed on polychaetes, small mollusks and very rarely small crustaceans (Ref. 4698). Lives at temperatures of -1.7-4°C. Females lay 50-350 eggs with a diameter of 4mm in late summer (Ref. 35388).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Fedorov, V.V., 1986. Cottidae. p. 1243-1260. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 3. (Ref. 4698)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Artediellus atlanticus Jordan & Evermann, 1898