Author: (Linnaeus, 1758)
FBname: Pouting
Comments: Gregarious fish; immature ones often occur in large schools.  Lives mostly on the outer shelf, but moves inshore to depths of 50 m or less for spawning.  Feeds on benthic crustaceans but also on small fish, mollusks and polychaetes (Ref. 3663).  Caught as a bycatch, used as food fish (Ref. 35388).