Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin démersal; profondeur 1 - 110 m (Ref. 5951). Temperate; 55°N - 39°N, 75°W - 49°W
Western Atlantic: southern Labrador in Canada to New Jersey in USA.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 97.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 49746)
Burrows in soft muddy bottoms from shallow water to 110 m depth. Feeds mainly on benthic infauna found in and around its burrow system; its prey consisting of various amphipods, polychaetes, shrimp and small fish (Ref. 87300).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 0.9 - 12.2, mean 6.4 °C (based on 135 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (59 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 34.6 [19.4, 59.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.37 [0.21, 0.62] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [17.4, 19.2] %; Omega3 = 0.338 [0.186, 0.601] g/100g; Selenium = 23 [12, 46] μg/100g; VitaminA = 5.31 [1.53, 18.73] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.523 [0.373, 0.732] mg/100g (wet weight);