Occurs in very deep waters (Ref. 2850). Feeds on sea pens, crabs and mollusks (Ref. 2850).

British Columbia, Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part], Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, FAO fishing area 67, North East Pacific, North Pacific

North Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559) and the Bering Sea to off San Diego, California, USA.

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

North Pacific.

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 20; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 12 - 14

Maximum size: 700 mm TL

70.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850)); max. published weight: 9,500 g (Ref. 2850)

Many small cirri scattered on head and body; no preopercular spine; branchiostegal membranes fused to isthmus; peritoneum pale (Ref. 559).

Holotype for Psychrolutes phrictus Stein & Bond
Catalog Number: USNM 216253
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): R. Eagle
Year Collected: 1965
Locality: Pacific Ocean: 65 mi. Off Newport, Oregon, Oregon, United States, Pacific
Depth (m): 2800 to 2800
Vessel: Yaquina

bathydemersal; marine; depth range 500 - 2800 m (Ref. 50610)

Depth range based on 40 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 40 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 545.5 - 2800
  Temperature range (°C): 1.777 - 4.156
  Nitrate (umol/L): 37.755 - 44.916
  Salinity (PPS): 33.993 - 34.649
  Oxygen (ml/l): 0.523 - 2.352
  Phosphate (umol/l): 2.844 - 3.258
  Silicate (umol/l): 104.940 - 177.484

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 545.5 - 2800

Temperature range (°C): 1.777 - 4.156

Nitrate (umol/L): 37.755 - 44.916

Salinity (PPS): 33.993 - 34.649

Oxygen (ml/l): 0.523 - 2.352

Phosphate (umol/l): 2.844 - 3.258

Silicate (umol/l): 104.940 - 177.484
 
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Habitat Type: Marine

Depth: 800 - 2800m.
From 800 to 2800 meters.

Habitat: bathydemersal. Occurs in very deep waters. Feeds on sea pens, crabs and molluscs (Ref. 2850).

Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


There are 5 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.  Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.  See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.


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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 6
Specimens with Barcodes: 8
Species With Barcodes: 1

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

Not Evaluated

gamefish: yes