Black seasnail (Paraliparis bathybius). Also known as: Ringbuk, svart. Norsk: Svart ringbuk.
No official record yet
Villmarksliv's official list of Norwegian sport-fishing records has no record for Black seasnail yet. The first registered fish that meets the rules becomes the record.
About Black seasnail
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The black seasnail (Paraliparis bathybius) is a small, dark deep-sea fish in the snailfish family. Its body is long and tapers towards the rear, the head is large, and long dorsal and anal fins run almost the full length of the body, while the tail fin is tiny. It is black and grey. Unlike most snailfish, it has no sucking disc on the belly. The short gill openings sit high, right at the base of the pectoral fins. It grows to about 25 cm. The species lives in the Arctic Ocean and the deep North Atlantic. In Norwegian waters it is found throughout the Norwegian Sea below about 600 m, in water that is often colder than zero degrees. It lives both near the bottom and in the open deep water. Its diet consists of amphipods, small snails and mysid shrimps. Spawning takes place in summer, and females lay relatively few, large eggs. Norwegian Red List 2021: Least Concern (LC).
Sources: Artsdatabanken, Store norske leksikon, Wikipedia
- Habitat: Saltvann
- Red list status: LC (2021)
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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.
- 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).