Boarfish
Description
A boarfish (Capros aper) close to a marker buoy on the seabed at Lancaster. Very little is known about the biology of C. aper. This observation is thought to be near the northern limit of their range. Typically they feed on copepods.
| Item Type: | Image |
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| Title: | Boarfish |
| Identification: | Gates, A |
| Date: | 27 August 2009 |
| Copyright: | SERPENT Project |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata (Chordates) > Class Actinopterygii (Ray finned Fish) > Order Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Caproidae |
| Species: | Capros aper |
| Behaviour: | Feeding |
| Site: | Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Lancaster North Sea > West of Shetland > Lancaster |
| Site Description: | Seafloor |
| Depth (m): | 155 |
| Latitude: | 60 deg 11' 13" N |
| Longitude: | 3 deg 51' 18" W |
| Countries: | UK > West of Shetland |
| Habitat: | benthic |
| Substratum: | sand/gravel |
| Rig: | Byford Dolphin |
| Project Partners: | Hurricane Exploration (HEX), Senergy, Fugro |
| ROV: | Fugro |
| Keywords: | boarfish Capros aper |
| Deposited By: | Dr Andrew Gates |
| Deposited On: | 02 December 2009 |
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