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Gaidropsarus ensis (Reinhardt, 1837)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gadiformes

Family: Gaidropsaridae

Genus: Gaidropsarus

Species: Gaidropsarus ensis (Reinhardt, 1837)

Climate Zone

  • Boreal

    • Location

  • Arctic to North Atlantic: Baffin Bay, Greenland, and from deep waters off the east coast of North America from near Browns Bank (Canada) to off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina (USA).

    • Biology

    Epibenthic; feeds on crustaceans (Ref. 58426).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic