What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Arctic Eelpout been recorded?

Lycodes reticulatus occurrence evidence comes from 41 records in 3 countries and territories, from 1883 to 2013. Most records come from United States.

PerciformesZoarcidaeLycodes

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

41 records across 3 countries and territories, 1883–2013.

Lycodes reticulatus · GBIF taxon key 8406566

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-24. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

7 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

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Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Arctic Eelpout has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Arctic Eelpout. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 19
Canada 14
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 8

Related animals

Others in the family Zoarcidae.

halfnaked lycodes
27 records
Doubleline Eelpout
10 records
Vahl's eelpout
7 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.