Author: Chernova, 1998
Remark: Also classified in <i>Gymnelus retrodorsalis</i> (M.E. Anderson; Ref. 51665).
Comments: Prefers silty sand bottom.  Adults found at depths of (27) 52-300 m; juveniles at shallow depths.  Usually at temperatures below -1.0°C and in one case, in the Barents Sea at 280 m, under +1.0°C and salinity of catch locations often not less than 34 ppt.