Lance

Number of lateral plicae 124-147, with a mean of 132.1.

Oviparous (Ref. 101747).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 56 - 67; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 28 - 35; Vertebrae: 68 - 76

Occurs farther offshore in salinities of 30-36 ppt. Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178. Semi-demersal (Ref. 94884). Benthic; feeds on crustaceans and worms (Ref. 58426). Preyed upon by Atlantic cod, haddock, pollock, plaice, yellowtail flounder, seabirds, puffins and harbor seals. Parasites of the species include trematodes, Branchyphallus crenatus, Derogenes varicus and Lecithaster gibbosus; cestodes Bothriocephalus scorpii; a tetraphyllid larva; and a nematode Thynnascaris (Contracaecum) adunca (Ref. 5951).

Occurs farther offshore in salinities of 30-36 ppt. Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178. Benthic. Feeds on crustaceans and worms (Ref. 58426); mainly on copepod, Calanus finmarchicus (Ref. 5951).

fisheries: of potential interest

Feeds on planktonic organisms especially copepods

Greenland to North Carolina

Bottom living species found to depths of 90 m, over sand bottoms.

benthic