Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

Inhabits sandy bottoms. Feeds on fishes, worms, crustaceans and mollusks (Ref. 6885).

fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; price category: low; price reliability: reliable: based on ex-vessel price for this species

Not Evaluated

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

Commonly found on soft bottom. Feeds on brittle stars and nudibranchs.

Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

Depth: 8 - 533m.
From 8 to 533 meters.

Habitat: demersal. Commonly found on soft bottom. Eggs are pelagic (Ref. 6885).

Depth range based on 18 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 12 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 16 - 283
  Temperature range (°C): 7.005 - 8.274
  Nitrate (umol/L): 14.548 - 34.487
  Salinity (PPS): 32.782 - 34.190
  Oxygen (ml/l): 1.139 - 5.303
  Phosphate (umol/l): 1.607 - 2.732
  Silicate (umol/l): 24.717 - 56.571

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