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 Lycodes

Lycodes lavalaei Vladykov & Tremblay, 1936

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lycodes*	Reinhardt, 1831	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Laval's eelpout; Newfoundland eelpout sources: Nozères C., Archambault D., Chouinard P.-M., Gauthier J., Miller R., Parent E., Schwab P., Savard L., and Dutil J.-D. 2010. Identification guide for marine fishes of the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and sampling protocols used during trawl surveys between 2004 and 2008. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2866: xi + 243 p;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: lycode de Laval; lycode du Labrador

Literature

original description	Vladykov, V. D.; Tremblay J.-L. (1936). Nouvelles espèces de Lycodes (Pisces, Zoarcidae) du Saint-Laurent et revision de toutes les espèces du même genre de l'Atlantique Occidental. Fauna et flora laurentianae, Station Biologique du Satin-Laurent. Québec. No. 1: 1-45, Pls. 1-7, tabs. 1-3.
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	Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp.
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
FishBase images (Lycodes lavalaei, Canada, by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lycodes lavalaei Vladykov & Tremblay, 1936. 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:127107