Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Others; depth range 0 - 34 m (Ref. 59105), usually 15 - 30 m (Ref. 59105). Polar; 84°N - 33°N, 176°W - 114°E (Ref. 125423)
Northern Atlantic, the Arctic and Bering Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 163.00 g (Ref. 356)
Culmen: 1.32 cm; tarsus: 2.09 cm; wing: 11.45 cm.
Total Length: 20 to 25 cm; Wingspan: 31 to 33 cm (Ref. 8812). Pursuit diving (Ref. 356), found in the pelagic zone (Ref. 116102); continental shelf; <100 km (Ref. 356). Planktivorous (Ref. 118089).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Breeds in Greenland, Iceland, and on the islands north of Europe and Asia. Winters southward on the open ocean from its Breeding range even to Florida, Bermuda, Madeira and the Mediterranean (Ref. 87872).
Evans, P.G.H. 1981. (Ref. 91619)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
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Tools
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 0.1 - 10.6, mean 3.2 (based on 1133 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=13.23-44.52).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
