| Main Ref. | Barsukov, V.V., 1986 | ||||
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| Remarks | Inhabit rocky bottoms, sometimes over sand or mud, from 1-500 m (Ref. 9988). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on fishes (Ref. 58426), hard-shelled mollusks, crabs, lobsters, sea urchins and other echinoderms. Solitary in habit (Ref. 9988). It is preyed upon by cod. Parasites of the species include 1 protozoan, 11 trematodes, 1 myxosporidian, 1 cestode, 3 nematodes, 1 hirudinean, 1 crustacean and 1 copepod (Ref. 5951). |
| Substrate | Soft Bottom Hard Bottom: rocky; |
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| Ref. | Frimodt, C., 1995 |
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| Associations | solitary; schooling; |
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| Association remarks | Solitary in habit (Ref. 9988). Usually solitary except during the mating season, when bonded pairs occur. However, some apparent "colonial settlements" have been reported, the occurrence of which may be related to shelter availability. Reports of apparent seasonal spawning migrations may result from inshore-offshore seasonal migrations related to foraging and tooth replacement episodes. Larvae likely remain near the bottom and do not disperse widely from the hatching locality (Ref. 86779). |
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| Feeding type | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Feeding type ref | Barsukov, V.V., 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feeding habit | hunting macrofauna (predator) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feeding habit ref | Barsukov, V.V., 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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