Giant Wrymouth (Cryptacanthodes giganteus)

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Description

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Found singly, on soft bottoms, often buried in sand.
They feed on crustaceans and invertebrates.
Length - 117cm
Depth - 6-128m
Widespread Northeast Pacific

Wrymouths spend most of their time buried in soft substrate, they make extensive systems of tunnels with numerous exits.
Usually caught incidentally by commercial fisheries. Ref: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/54155

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