Polar sculpin (Cottunculus microps). Norsk: Paddeulke.
No official record yet
Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Polar sculpin yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Polar sculpin
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The polar sculpin (Cottunculus microps) is a deep-water sculpin with a large, broad, rounded head, a short body that narrows to a small tail. Its skin is loose over a jelly-like layer and rough with tiny prickles, and there are prominent bony knobs on top of the head. Unlike most sculpins it has a single continuous dorsal fin. It is greyish brown with three or four broad dark bands across the sides. It can reach about 30 cm but is usually 9–14 cm. It lives on the seabed in deep water, generally between 200 and 1,000 m, in the northern and Arctic Atlantic, from the North Sea and Norway to the Barents Sea, Svalbard, Iceland, Greenland and Atlantic Canada. It prefers water slightly above freezing, while a very similar close relative keeps to colder water. It feeds on bottom animals such as bristle worms, amphipods and mysid shrimps. Norwegian Red List 2021: Least Concern (LC).
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
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- 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.
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Source: Villmarksliv's official Norwegian records (klikk.no).