Author: Zugmayer, 1911
FBname: Daggertooth
Comments: Epimesopelagic species.  Juveniles and fry observed exclusively within the central-circle current and its periphery; large adults caught mainly in boreal and sub-arctic waters.  Feeds mainly on small and moderate-sized mesopelagic fishes; the largest <i>Paralepis coregonoides</i> and <i>Arctozenus risso</i>, had body length of 28-30 cm; a specimen caught from the southern region of Reykjanes Ridge had 12 individuals of <i>Sebastes mentella</i> ranging from 4.5-5 cm.  Stomachs of  those caught in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge have small squids (Ref. 31260).