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Diagnostic Description

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Caudal fin small. Lower 7-8 rays of pectoral fins moderately exserted but not especially thickened.
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Cristina V. Garilao
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 26; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 23 - 26
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Trophic Strategy

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Found on mud bottoms with some rocks (Ref. 4698). Benthic to epibenthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on small crustaceans, usually amphipods and mysids, rarely polychaetes and fishes (Ref. 4698). It is preyed upon by thick-billed murres and Atlantic cod (Ref. 5951).
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Pascualita Sa-a
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Biology

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Found on mud bottoms with some rocks (Ref. 4698). Maximum depth reported at 930 m (58426). Benthic to epibenthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on small crustaceans, usually amphipods and mysids, rarely polychaetes and fishes (Ref. 4698).
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Rainer Froese
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Importance

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fisheries: of no interest
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Diet

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Feeds on small crustaceans, especially amphipods and mysids

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Distribution

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Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait, Ungava Bay, Davis Strait and Labrador coast, south at least to St Lewis Inlet, Labrador

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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Found on mud bottoms with some rocks.

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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benthic

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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