Author: (Walbaum, 1792)
FBname: Megrim
Comments: Adults occur on soft bottoms.  Depth range from 100-400 m (Ref. 06302) and from 288-700 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504).  Feed on small bottom-living fishes as well as squids and crustaceans (Ref. 4703).  Spawning occurs in deep waters off Iceland and west of the British Isles (Ref. 35388).