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Common Wolf Eel

Lycenchelys paxillus (Goode & Bean 1879)

Diagnostic Description

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Predorsal length 17.1-23.1% SL. Suborbital head pores, 7 (rarely 6). Abdomen scaled.
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Estelita Emily Capuli
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Morphology

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 112 - 124; Analsoft rays: 106 - 116; Vertebrae: 127 - 137
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Trophic Strategy

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Benthic; feeds on molluscs and cumaceans (Ref. 58426).
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Grace Tolentino Pablico
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Biology

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Lives on mud or sand (Ref. 5951); benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on molluscs and cumaceans (Ref. 58426).
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Distribution

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Western Atlantic: West Greenland and Grand Banks to North Carolina, USA

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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depth range 46 - 1097 m

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Habitat

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benthic

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