Ecology Summary - Anoplopoma fimbria

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Main Ref.	Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
Remarks	Adults found on mud bottoms, from 305 (Ref. 2850) to 2,740 m depth (Ref. 2850). Young-of-the-year juveniles are pelagic and found on the surface and near-shore waters (Ref. 28499). Generally localized, but some juveniles have been found to migrate over 2,000 miles in 6 or 7 years (Ref. 28499). Feed on crustaceans, worms and small fishes (Ref. 4925). Is an omnivorous predatory fish of the continental slope of the northern Pacific. Its food includes planktonic, benthic, nectobenthic and nectonic organisms (Ref. 42024).

Main Ref.

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983

Remarks

Adults found on mud bottoms, from 305 (Ref. 2850) to 2,740 m depth (Ref. 2850). Young-of-the-year juveniles are pelagic and found on the surface and near-shore waters (Ref. 28499). Generally localized, but some juveniles have been found to migrate over 2,000 miles in 6 or 7 years (Ref. 28499). Feed on crustaceans, worms and small fishes (Ref. 4925). Is an omnivorous predatory fish of the continental slope of the northern Pacific. Its food includes planktonic, benthic, nectobenthic and nectonic organisms (Ref. 42024).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Anoplopoma fimbria may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Soft Bottom
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Orlov, A.M., 1997

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	3.84	0.21			Troph of juv./adults from 5 studies.
From individual food items	4.09	0.89			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Yang, M.S. and M.W. Nelson, 1999

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