title: Arctic skate Amblyraja hyperborea preys on remarkably large glacial eelpouts Lycodes frigidus.
abstract: During scientific surveys on the continental slopes north-west of Spitsbergen and off north-east Greenland (c. 600 and 1000 m depths), two female Arctic skates Amblyraja hyperborea were caught while swallowing extraordinary large individuals of glacial eelpout Lycodes frigidus. The total length (LT) of the prey constituted 50 and 80% of the LT of the skates, which reveal that A. hyperborea are capable predators of fishes of surprisingly large relative size.
authors.affiliation: University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen, Allégt. 41, Bergen, N-5020, Norway.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Byrkjedal
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Christiansen
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Karamushko
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Langhelle
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lynghammar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001110:Arctic Regions; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D020387:Food Chain; D006116:Greenland; D010473:Perciformes; D011235:Predatory Behavior; D012860:Skates, Fish; D013538:Svalbard
keywords: Rajidae; Zoarcidae; feeding; prey size