Curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa). Also known as: Vanlig åttearmet blekksprut, Horned octopus, Lesser octopus. Norsk: Eledoneblekksprut.
No official record yet
Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Curled octopus yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Curled octopus
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The curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa), eledoneblekksprut in Norwegian, is the octopus you are most likely to meet along the Norwegian coast and the only one considered common there. It is yellowish to reddish brown with rusty blotches and a white underside, and its skin is grainy with small warts. Each arm carries a single row of suckers, and the arm tips are often loosely curled when the animal rests, which gives the species its English name. It reaches about 50 cm including the arms and rarely weighs more than a couple of kilograms. It ranges from the Mediterranean to Norway, mostly at 0-150 m, often on rocky ground, and divers also see it in shallow water. The curled octopus feeds on crabs and other large crustaceans, drilling into their shells, and it can raid lobsters and crabs caught in pots. It is mostly taken as trawl bycatch, and there is no targeted fishery for it in Norway. Norwegian Red List 2021: Least Concern (LC).
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Havforskningsinstituttet, Wikipedia, seawater.no
- Habitat: Saltvann
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Log your catchHow to register a Norwegian record
- Norwegian sport-fishing records are registered with Villmarksliv, not with FishComp. Read the rules before you do anything else with the fish.
- Records are based on weight and approved by a jury. You give the weight and length, where it was caught, the gear you used and any witnesses.
- Keep your photos and notes from the catch. Logging it in FishComp does not register a record.
Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).