Table 2. Taxa identified in the SW Barents Sea in spring 1992−2004.
| Scientific name | Abbreviation | Common name | Habitat | % ofind. | % ofstations | Yearspresent | ||||||
| PANDALIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Pandalus borealis (Krøyer, 1838) | Shrimp | 94.3 | 13 | |||||||||
| CHIMAREIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Chimaera monstrosa Linnaeus, 1758 | Rabbit fish | + | + | 1 | ||||||||
| DQUALIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Shneider, 1801) | Greenland shark | + | + | 1 | ||||||||
| RAJIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879) | Ra spp | Arctic skate | D | + | 0.9 | 7 | ||||||
| Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808) | Ra spp | Thorny skate | D | 0.6 | 64.6 | 13 | ||||||
| Bathyraja spinicauda (Jensen, 1914) | Ra spp | Spinetail ray | D | + | 1.5 | 9 | ||||||
| Dipturus batis (Linnaeus, 1758) | Ra spp | Blue skate | D | + | + | 7 | ||||||
| Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758 | Ra spp | Thornback ray | D | + | 2.1 | 10 | ||||||
| Rajella fyllae (Lütken, 1887) | Ra spp | Round ray | D | + | 1.7 | 10 | ||||||
| Rajidae spp | Ra spp | Skates | D | + | 3.9 | 4 | ||||||
| CLUPEIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 | Cl ha | Herring | P | 0.8 | 24.3 | 13 | ||||||
| OSMERIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Mallotus villosus (Müller, 1776) | Ma vi | Capelin | P | 9.0 | 68.8 | 13 | ||||||
| ARGENTINIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Argentina silus (Ascanius, 1775) | Ar si | Greater argentine | P | + | 2.6 | 12 | ||||||
| Argentina sphyraena Linnaeus, 1758 | Lesser argentine | + | 0.5 | 4 | ||||||||
| STENOPYCHIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789) | Ma mu | Pearlsides | + | 0.3 | 4 | |||||||
| MYCTOPHIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Benthosema glaciale (Reinhardt, 1837) | Be gl | Glacier lanternfish | P | + | 3.6 | 11 | ||||||
| PARALEPIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Arctozenus risso (Bonaparte, 1840) | Ar ri | Ribbon barracudina | P | 0.2 | 16.9 | 12 | ||||||
| GADIDAE: GADINAE | ||||||||||||
| Boreogadus saida (Lepetchin, 1774) | Bo sa | Polar cod | P | 4.1 | 26.0 | 13 | ||||||
| Gadiculus argenteus thori Schmidt, 1914 | Ga at | Silvery pout | D | + | + | 7 | ||||||
| Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 | Ga mo | Cod | D | 17.1 | 95.3 | 13 | ||||||
| Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Me ae | Haddock | D | 9.5 | 71.9 | 13 | ||||||
| Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Whiting | + | + | 2 | ||||||||
| Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827) | Mi po | Blue whiting | P | 2.0 | 26.4 | 13 | ||||||
| Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758) | Po vi | Saithe | D | + | 6.4 | 12 | ||||||
| Trisopterus esmarkii (Nilsson, 1855) | Tr es | Norway pout | P-D | 1.9 | 24.4 | 13 | ||||||
| GADIDAE: LOTINAE | ||||||||||||
| Brosme brosme (Ascanius, 1775) | Br br | Tusk | D | + | 1.2 | 10 | ||||||
| Ciliata mustela (Linnaeus, 1758) | Five-bearded rockling | + | 0.1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Enchelyopus cimbrius (Linnaeus, 1766) | Ga spp | Four-bearded rockling | D | + | 2.4 | 10 | ||||||
| Gaidropsarus argentatus (Reinhardt, 1937) | Ga spp | Arctic rockling | + | 0.2 | 1 | |||||||
| Gaidropsarus vulgaris (Cloquet, 1824) | Ga spp | Three-bearded rockling | D | + | 0.9 | 4 | ||||||
| Molva dipterygia (Pennant, 1784) | Mo di | Blue ling | + | 0.1 | 2 | |||||||
| Molva molva (Linnaeus, 1758) | Mo mo | Ling | + | + | 1 | |||||||
| Raniceps raninus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Ra ra | Tadpole fish | + | + | 1 | |||||||
| MACROURIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Macrourus berglax Lacepéde, 1801 | Ma be | Onion-eye grenadier | D | + | 4.3 | 12 | ||||||
| ZOARCIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Gymnelus retrodorsalis Le Danois, 1913 | Ly spp | Aurora unernak | D | + | 0.4 | 3 | ||||||
| Lycenchelys kolthoffi Jensen, 1904 | Ly spp | Checkered wolf eel | D | + | 0.5 | 5 | ||||||
| Lycenchelys sarsii (Collet, 1871) | Ly spp | Sars’ wolf eel | D | + | + | 1 | ||||||
| Lycodes esmarkii Collet, 1875 | Ly es | Greater eelpout | D | 0.2 | 13.7 | 12 | ||||||
| Lycodes eudipleurostictus Jensen, 1902 | Ly eu | Doubleline eelpout | D | + | 7.7 | 12 | ||||||
| Lycodes frigidus Collet, 1879 | Ly spp | Glacial eelpout | D | + | 0.4 | 4 | ||||||
| Lycodes gracilis M. Sars, 1867* | Ly gr | Vahl’s eelpout | D | 0.7 | 53.4 | 13 | ||||||
| Lycodes pallidus Collet, 1879 | Ly spp | Pale eelpout | D | + | 1.0 | 4 | ||||||
| Lycodes reticulatus Reinhardt, 1835 | Ly spp | Arctic eelpout | D | + | 1.5 | 4 | ||||||
| Lycodes rossi Malmgren, 1865 | Ly spp | Threespot eelpout | D | + | 7.7 | 8 | ||||||
| Lycodes seminudus Reinhardt, 1937 | Ly spp | Longear eelpout | D | + | 1.0 | 5 | ||||||
| Lycodes spp | Ly spp | Eelpout (spp.) | D | + | 6.1 | 6 | ||||||
| Lycodes squamiventer Jensen, 1904 | Ly spp | Scalebelly pout | D | + | + | 1 | ||||||
| Lycodonus flagellicauda (Jensen, 1902) | Ly spp | Eelpout sp. 1 | D | + | + | 2 | ||||||
| SCORPAENIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Sebastes marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Se spp | Golden redfish | 2.0 | 25.8 | 13 | |||||||
| Sebastes mentella (Travin, 1951) | Se spp | Beaked redfish | 23.1 | 71.9 | 12 | |||||||
| Sebastes viviparus Krøyer, 1845 | Se spp | Norway redfish | + | 0.8 | 4 | |||||||
| Sebastes spp | Se spp | Redfish (spp.) | 6.9 | 20.5 | 8 | |||||||
| GASTEROSTERIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Ga aa | Three-spines stickleback | P | + | 0.8 | 4 | ||||||
| COTTIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Artediellus atlanticus Jordan & Evermann, 1898 | Ar at | Atlantic hookear sculpin | D | 0.9 | 41.5 | 13 | ||||||
| Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) | My sc | Shorthorn sculpin | D | + | 1.1 | 7 | ||||||
| Triglops murrayi Günther, 1888 | Tr spp | Moustache sculpin | D | 0.2 | 8.1 | 13 | ||||||
| Triglops pingelii Reinhardt, 1837 | Tr spp | Ribbed sculpin | D | + | 0.9 | 2 | ||||||
| Triglops spp | Tr spp | Triglops sculpins | D | 0.1 | 4.5 | 9 | ||||||
| COTTINCULIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Cottunculus microps Collet, 1875 | Co mi | Polar sculpin | D | + | 3.9 | 12 | ||||||
| AGONIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Agonus cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Ag ca | Hook nose | + | + | 2 | |||||||
| Leptagonus decagonus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Le de | Atlantic poacher | D | 0.5 | 29.3 | 13 | ||||||
| Ulcina olrikii (Lytken, 1877) | Arctic alligatorfish | + | + | 1 | ||||||||
| CYCLOPTERIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758 | Cy lu | Lumpsucker | P | + | 13.1 | 13 | ||||||
| Eumicrotremus spinosus (Fabricius, 1776) | Atlantic spiny lumpsucker | + | 0.3 | 4 | ||||||||
| LIPARIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Careproctus sp** | Ca sp | Sea snail sp. 1 | P-D | 0.1 | 26.2 | 13 | ||||||
| Liparis bathybii (Collet, 1879) | Li ba | Black seasnail | + | 0.3 | 4 | |||||||
| Liparis fabricii Krøyer 1847 | Li fa | Gelatinous seasnail | P-D | + | 3.3 | 10 | ||||||
| Liparis gibbus Bean, 1881*** | Li gi | Variegated snailfish | D | + | 1.7 | 3 | ||||||
| Liparidae spp | Li spp | Snailfishes (spp.) | + | 0.4 | 3 | |||||||
| STICHAEIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Anisarchus medius (Reinhardt, 1837) | An me | Stout eelblenny | + | 0.4 | 3 | |||||||
| Leptoclinus maculatus (Fries, 1837) | Le ma | Spotted snake blenny | D | 0.3 | 13.3 | 13 | ||||||
| Lumpenus lampraetaeformis (Walbaum,1972) | Lu la | Snake blenny | D | + | 9.5 | 12 | ||||||
| Stichaeidae spp | St spp | Pricklebacks | + | 0.3 | 2 | |||||||
| ANARHICHADIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Anarhichas denticulatus Krøyer, 1845 | An de | Northern wolffish | D | 0.2 | 39.9 | 13 | ||||||
| Anarhichas lupus Linnaeus, 1758 | An lu | Atlantic wolffish | D | + | 3.7 | 11 | ||||||
| Anarhichas minor Olafsen, 1772 | An mi | Spotted wolffish | D | + | 18.2 | 13 | ||||||
| PLEURONECTIDAE | ||||||||||||
| Glyptocephalus cynoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Gl cy | Witch flounder | + | 0.9 | 8 | |||||||
| Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) | Hi pl | Long rough dab | D | 17.9 | 98.5 | 13 | ||||||
| Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Hi hi | Halibut | + | 0.1 | 1 | |||||||
| Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) | Dab | + | + | 1 | ||||||||
| Microstomus kitt (Walbaum, 1792) | Mi ki | Lemon sole | + | 0.1 | 1 | |||||||
| Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 | Pl pl | European plaice | + | 0.4 | 4 | |||||||
| Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792) | Re hi | Greenland halibut | P-D | 0.8 | 60.8 | 13 | ||||||
Abbreviations are given for all taxa included in the CCA, and indicator species for the three assemblages in bold. Habitat is indicated as pelagic (P), demersal (D) or pelagic-demersal (P-D).
Percentages <0.1% denoted by +.
Lycodes gracilis M. Sars, 1867* eq Lycodes vahlii Reinhardt, 1831.
Careproctus** sp eq Careproctus derjugini Chernova 2005 and eq Careproctus reinhardthi (Krøyer,1862).
Liparis gibbus Bean, 1881*** eq Liparis liparis (Linnaeus, 1766).