Arctic skate preys on remarkably large glacial eelpouts
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Arctic skate Amblyraja hyperborea preys on remarkably large glacial eelpouts Lycodes frigidus
I. Byrkjedal, J. S. Christiansen, O. V. Karamushko, G. Langhelle, A. Lynghammar
ABSTRACT:
During scientific surveys on the continental slopes north-west of Spitsbergen and off north-east Greenland (c. 600 and 1000 m depths), two female Arctic skates Amblyraja hyperborea were caught while swallowing extraordinary large individuals of glacial eelpout Lycodes frigidus. The total length (LT) of the prey constituted 50 and 80% of the LT of the skates, which reveal that A. hyperborea are capable predators of fishes of surprisingly large relative size.
Journal of Fish Biology. Early View Version, doi: 10.1111/jfb.12554