Scavenging deep demersal fishes of the Porcupine Seabight, north-east Atlantic: observations by baited camera, trap and trawl

• Published in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• Main Authors: Priede, I.G., Bagley, P.M., Smith, A., Creasey, S., Merrett, N.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1994
• Subjects: Porcupine Seabight; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400047615; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315400047615

Demersal fishes on the continental rise and slope were sampled by trawl, baited trap and a baited camera. Seventy-one different species were trawled, but only 18 species approached baits. At rise soundings (4100 m to 2250 m) Coryphaenoides (Nematonurus) armatus was dominant at baits and comprised 41...