Norwegian record Atlantic hookear sculpin: 37 g

About Atlantic hookear sculpin

The Atlantic hookear sculpin (Artediellus atlanticus) is a small sculpin named after the uppermost spine on its gill cover, which curves upwards like a hook. Its body tapers from a thick front end. It rarely grows beyond 10 or 11 cm, with a maximum of about 15 cm. The species lives on the western and eastern sides of the North Atlantic alike, ranging in the west from Greenland down to Cape Cod and from the Barents Sea past Iceland and the Faroes to Scotland and Ireland in the east. In Norway it lives along the whole coast. It is a bottom fish of sandy and muddy ground at roughly 35 to 900 m and prefers cold water. It feeds on worms and small molluscs, and only rarely on small crustaceans. Females lay relatively few eggs in late summer. The hookear sculpin has no angling interest and is mostly caught in research trawls. Norwegian Red List 2021: Least Concern (LC).

Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia

• Habitat: Saltvann
• Best month: Juli
• Red list status: LC (2021)

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