Anisarchus medius (Reinhardt, 1837)

Anisarchus medius (Reinhardt, 1837) View in CoL .

Stout Eelblenny. Variously reported to 20 cm ( 7.9 in) TL ( Wienerroither et al. 2011), 28.6 cm ( 11.3 in) ( Mecklenburg et al. 2018), and 30 cm ( 11.8 in) TL (Coad in Coad and Reist 2018). Circumpolar in Arctic Ocean (Coad in Coad and Reist 2018) and southward to Sea of Okhotsk off Hokkaido, Japan ( Yamanaka and Yabe 2012) to south-eastern Alaska at Auke Bay ( Mecklenburg and Sheiko 2004), and Coco Harbor ( 55°03’N, 133°02’W) (Personal communication: University of Alaska Fairbanks Fish Collection, Fairbanks, Alaska). Benthic; depth: intertidal to 300 m ( 984 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg et al. 2018; max.: Federov et al. 2003). Classified by some authors in Lumpenus . Date of the original species description is 1837, although previously given as 1836 ( Mecklenburg and Sheiko 2004).