Zoarcidae (Eelpouts), subfamily: Lycodinae |
44.5 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
demersal; marine; depth range 25 - 1187 m |
Arctic: Arctic Alaska, Smith Sound, northwest Greenland, Kara Sea, Barents Sea, off Spitsbergen, coast of Norway, Wyville-Thomson Ridge, Iceland, northeast Greenland, and localities off western Greenland. |
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Benthic; feeds on crustaceans (Ref. 58426). Switches feeding habits with increasing size. Smaller eelpouts eat mainly endobenthic prey, larger individuals feed more on epibenthic prey (Ref. 13532). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
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