Diagnostic Description
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Slender body and a large mouth. Dorsal fin starts above left eye. Lateral line almost straight. Rough scales (Ref. 35388).
- Recorder
- Arlene G. Sampang-Reyes
Diseases and Parasites
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Epitheliocystis. Bacterial diseases
Migration
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
Trophic Strategy
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Most abundant from 90 m to 250 m deep and bottom temperatures of -0.5 to 2.5°C (Ref. 6263). Lives on soft bottoms (Ref. 9988). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on polychaetes, echinoderms, molluscs, crustaceans and fish. It is preyed upon by cod, halibut and Greenland sharks. Parasites of the species include 3 protozoans, 15 trematodes, 2 cestodes, 7 nematodes (including the sealworm Phocanema decipiens), 3 acanthocephalans and 2 copepods (Ref. 5951).
Biology
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Adults are most abundant from 90 m to 250 m deep and bottom temperatures of -0.5 to 2.5°C (Ref. 6263). Live on soft bottoms (Ref. 9988, 58426). Feed on invertebrates and small fishes. Batch spawner (Ref. 51486). Marketed fresh and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).
Importance
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
fisheries: highly commercial; price category: high; price reliability: reliable: based on ex-vessel price for this species