Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Perciformes > Suborder Zoarcoidei > Family Zoarcidae > Subfamily Lycodinae > Genus Lycenchelys

Lycenchelys sarsii (Collett, 1871)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lycenchelys*	Gill, 1884	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lycodes sarsii*	Collett, 1871	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Sars’ porebrosme sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Sar's eelpout; Sars wolf eel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Norwegian Bokmål: sørlig ålebrosme sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: sørleg ålebrosme sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: slank ålbrosme; sydlig ålbrosme sources: Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gweflogyn Sars

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Möller, P. R.; Jorgensen O. A. (2000). Distribution and abundance of eelpouts (Pisces, Zoarcidae) off West Greenland. Sarsia. 85: 23-48.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Lycenchelys sarsii, by Byrkjedal, I.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lycenchelys sarsii (Collett, 1871). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127101