Genus

Enchelyopus

1 species

The fourbeard rockling or four-bearded rockling (Enchelyopus cimbrius) is a species of lotid fish found in the northern Atlantic Ocean. This species grows to 41 cm (16 in) in total length. It is of minor importance in commercial fisheries.

The fourbeard rockling is found in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean from northern Gulf of Mexico to Newfoundland and western Greenland, and in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to Iceland and the Barents Sea, the western Baltic Sea and occasionally in the Gulf of Finland. It has become a near-threatened species in the Baltic.

It migrates offshore in spring and inshore in autumn. Its depth range is about 20 to 500 m (66 to 1,640 ft).

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The fourbeard rockling or four-bearded rockling (Enchelyopus cimbrius) is a species of lotid fish found in the northern Atlantic Ocean. This species grows to 41 cm (16 in) in total length. It is of minor importance in commercial fisheries.

The fourbeard rockling is found in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean from northern Gulf of Mexico to Newfoundland and western Greenland, and in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to Iceland and the Barents Sea, the western Baltic Sea and occasionally in the Gulf of Finland. It has become a near-threatened species in the Baltic.

It migrates offshore in spring and inshore in autumn. Its depth range is about 20 to 500 m (66 to 1,640 ft).

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