Norway country information

Common names: Blaasstenbid, Blasteinbit, Blåsteinbit
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/no.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://odin.dep.no/fid/eng/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Muus, B. and P. Dahlström, 1978
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Anarhichadidae (Wolffishes)
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Common names from other countries

قرُّوس هُلامي, 北方狼鳚, Loup gélatineux, ... more

Main reference

Barsukov, V.V. 1986. (Ref. 4694)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 180 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251); max. published weight: 20.0 kg (Ref. 7251)

Environment

Marine; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 60 - 1700 m (Ref. 58426), usually 100 - 900 m

Climate / Range

Polar, preferred 4°C (Ref. 107945); 81°N - 43°N, 123°W - 61°E

Distribution

North Atlantic: Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya, Barents and Norwegian seas, the Shetlands, the Faeroes, Iceland and south-eastern coasts of Greenland; also known occasionally in northern North Sea and Skaggerak and south to Bay of Biscay. Western Atlantic: Arctic, from Prince Patrick Island to Sable Island off Nova Scotia and Grand Banks in Canada (Ref. 7251).
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Short description

Coloration bluish-black with indistinct spots on the sides. Flesh soft and watery (Ref. 35388).

Inhabits offshore waters in midwater; adults also near bottom from 60-970 m, mainly 100-900 m (Ref. 4694). Epibenthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on sea gooseberries, medusas, small fishes, also echinoderms, crustaceans and mollusks (not so hard-shelled) (Ref. 4694). Spawns at great depths (Ref. 44162).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest; gamefish: yes

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5938 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.0 ±0.67 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.08-0.10)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Very high vulnerability (78 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)

Anarhichas denticulatus Krøyer, 1845