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
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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- Cristina V. Garilao
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).
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).
Importance
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fisheries: of no interest
Diet
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Feeds on small crustaceans, especially amphipods and mysids
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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Habitat
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Found on mud bottoms with some rocks.
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Habitat
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benthic
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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