Longear eelpout
📖 Overview
Found on muddy bottoms . Benthic . Feeds mainly on epibenthic animals. With increase in size, shrimps and euphausiids are ingested in greater quantities but unlike L. reticulatus, its ingestion of smaller prey items does not decrease. Changes in feeding habit with size are relatively small .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Vertebrae: 96. Pelvic fins small . Uniformly or mostly dark, with 5-8 short, light cross-bands; band across nape, if present, straight, not curved forward; peritoneum dark, with dense brownish-black dots .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Longear eelpout is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Longear eelpout is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Longear eelpout is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 50 - 1400 m . Deep-water; 80°N - 58°N, 161°W - 104°E Northeast Atlantic: eastern central Greenland southeast to just north of the Faroes, Jan Mayen Island, around Spitsbergen and northern parts of Barents Sea.
🌿 Ecology
epibenthic animals
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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