Lycodes
esmarkii
Collett, 1875
| |
|
Family:
|
Zoarcidae
(Eelpouts), subfamily: Lycodinae
|
saved form ccfishery.net
AquaMaps |
|
|
Order:
|
Perciformes
(perch-likes)
|
|
Class:
|
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
|
|
In this site name:
|
Greater eelpout |
|
Max. size:
|
75.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4695) |
|
Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 251 – 500 m
|
|
Climate: |
deep-water; 3 – 4°C |
|
Importance:
|
|
|
Resilience: |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.) |
Distribution:
Go to ccfishery.net
|
North Atlantic: western Barents Sea to southern Norway, the Faeroes-Shetlands and northern Iceland.
|
|
Biology: |
Occurs at a temperature range of -0.4?to 5.0 °C. Optimal temperatures appear to range between 2.6?and 3.5°C (Ref. 13534). Inhabits soft bottom areas. Feeds almost exclusively on ophiuroids (Ref. 13532).
|
|
Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
|
|
Dangerous:
|
harmless
|
|
Coordinator: |
|
|
|
