Bulls-eye (Epigonus telescopus). Norsk: Dyphavsabbor.
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Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Bulls-eye yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Bulls-eye
William Jardine / W. H. Lizars (1835), New York Public Library (Public domain)
The bulls-eye (Epigonus telescopus), also called black cardinalfish, is a deep-water fish of the deepwater cardinalfish family. It has a slender body, a large mouth, a blunt snout, a slightly projecting lower jaw and very large eyes. The dorsal fin is split in two, and the fish is dark purplish-brown to black. Most specimens are under 55 cm, but it can reach about 75 cm, and it is extremely long-lived, reportedly over 100 years. Adults live close to the bottom on continental slopes, ridges and seamounts, mostly at 300 to 800 m, while juveniles live in open water. It feeds on copepods, shrimps, arrow worms and small lanternfish. In the North Atlantic it ranges from Iceland south to the Canaries, and it also occurs in other oceans. In Norway it is extremely rare, with a single known record from a shrimp trawl in the Trondheimsfjord in 1937. Norwegian Red List 2021: Not Applicable (NA).
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
- Red list status: NA (2021)
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Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).