Norway pout
| Trisopterus esmarkii (Nilsson, 1855) | ||||
| Family: | Gadidae (Cods and haddocks) |
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| Order: | Gadiformes | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Norway pout | |||
| Distribution: | Northeast Atlantic: southwest Barents Sea, sometimes at Bear Island, south to the English Channel, - and the Bay of Biscaye (Ref. 90172)-, around Iceland and Faeroe Islands. | |||
| Adult biology: | Benthopelagic to pelagic over muddy bottoms. Mostly found between 100 and 200 m. Feeds mostly on planktonic crustaceans (copepods, euphausiids, shrimps, amphipods) but also on small fish and various eggs and larvae (Ref. 1371). Caught mainly for reduction to fishmeal (Ref. 3383), trout pellets, fodder (Ref. 35388). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Distinctive characteristic between T. esmarkii and T. minutus: the snout is shorter and blunter in T. minutus. . See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | temperate; 79°N - 48°N | |||
| Main Ref: | Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37) | |||
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| Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Froese, Rainer |
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