Gonatus fabricii (Lichtenstein, 1818)
Boreoatlantic gonate squid
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Family:  Gonatidae ()
Max. size:  38.5 cm ML (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 3 years
Environment:  pelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 2700 m
Distribution:  Offshore arctic and subarctic waters of northern Atlantic from Newfoundland Basin, around Greenland and eastward to the Barents Sea. Tropical to polar.
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Biology:  Maximum depth from Ref. 85090. Juveniles feed on copepods, euphausiids, amphipods, pteropods and chaetognaths (Ref. 275).
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 03 May 2010 Ref. 123251)
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