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Atlantic Poacher

Leptagonus decagonus (Bloch & Schneider 1801)

Trophic Strategy

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Inhabits muddy bottoms at temperatures of 4.4 to -1.7 °C. Feeds on pelagic and benthic crustaceans and polychaetes.
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Biology

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Inhabits muddy bottoms at temperatures of 4.4 to -1.7 °C (Ref. 4700). Benthic, possibly bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on pelagic and benthic crustaceans and polychaetes (Ref. 4700).
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Atlantic poacher

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The Atlantic poacher (Leptagonus decagonus) is a species of poacher native to the northern oceans. It is found at depths of from 0 to 930 metres (0 to 3,051 ft). This species grows to a length of 21 centimetres (8.3 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Leptagonus decagonus" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
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Atlantic poacher: Brief Summary

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The Atlantic poacher (Leptagonus decagonus) is a species of poacher native to the northern oceans. It is found at depths of from 0 to 930 metres (0 to 3,051 ft). This species grows to a length of 21 centimetres (8.3 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

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Diet

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Feeds on bottom invertebrates, located with the assistnace of the chin barbels

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Distribution

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Baffin Island to the Laurentian Channel, Gulf of St. Lawrence and Grand Bank, south to Scotian Shelf; off Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Spitsbergen, and northern Norway

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Habitat

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Inhabits deep, cold waters of northern seas.

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Habitat

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benthic

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