| Zoarcidae (Eelpouts), subfamily: Gymnelinae |
| 19.3 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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bathydemersal; marine; depth range 10 - 1025 m |
| Northwest Pacific: Pacific coast of Japan. |
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| Apparently demersal and associated with large red gorgonian corals, such as Paragorgia. Stomach contents reveal a diet of crustaceans and probably encrusting invertebrates that are hunted among coral branches and the hard substratum of their habitat (Ref. 11954). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018. |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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