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Summary for Brosme brosme Larvae
Tusk

Brosme  brosme  (Ascanius, 1772)
Family:	Lotidae (Hakes and burbots)
Order:	Gadiformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Tusk
Distribution:	Northwest Atlantic: New Jersey to the Strait of Belle Isle and on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Rare at the southern tip of Greenland. Northeast Atlantic: off Iceland, in the northern North Sea, and along the coast of Scandinavia to the Murmansk Coast and at Spitzbergen.
Adult biology:	Found in small shoals on rough, rock, gravel, or pebble bottoms. Generally keeps far from the shore, near the bottom, mostly between 150 and 450 m in the northeastern Atlantic, and between 18 and 550 m in the northwestern Atlantic. Occurs at a temperature range of 0°-10° C (Ref. 9988). Solitary or in small groups. Feeds on crustaceans and shellfishes, benthic fishes (flatfishes and gurnard) and even on starfishes. Preyed upon by seals (Ref. 9988). Sold fresh, frozen as fillets or dried salted. Eaten steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked (Ref. 9988).
Diagnosis:	Two dorso-ventral bars of melanophores on the tail. The urostyle region clearly pigmented. 3 pelvic fin rays startto develop at 6.8 mm, the fourth at 12.5mm and the fifth at 21 mm length. See also LARVAE table.
Climate Zone:	temperate; 83°N - 37°N
Main Ref:	Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37)
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	Modified: Reyes, Rodolfo B.	Entered: Froese, Rainer

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. urostyle)

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