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Garfish (Belone belone) -
A slender Eel like fish, with a snout, which grow upto a length of around 3ft.
Habitat -
Lives close to the surface and has a migratory pattern similar to the mackerel. It leaps out of the water when hooked.
Favourite Baits -
It feeds on small fish, particularly clupeids and Engraulis (in the Black Sea). Small strips of fish, ragworm and spinners fished near the surface work well.
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Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) -
Recognised by the black skin with dark spot behind gills.
Habitat -
Adults are found more commonly from 80 to 200 m, over rock, sand, gravel or shells, usually at temperatures between 4° and 10°C.
Diet -
Feed mainly on small bottom living organisms including crustaceans, mollusks, echinoderms, worms and fish.
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Hake (Merluccius merluccius) -
Recognised by the silvery skin and many teeth.
Habitat -
depth range 30 - 1075 m. Found usually between 70 and 370 m depth. Adults live close to the bottom during the day time, but move off the bottom at night.
Diet -
Adult fish feed mainly on fish (small Hake, Anchovies, Pilchard, Herring, Cod, Sardine and gadoid species) and squid. The young fish feed on crustaceans (especially euphausiids and amphipods).
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Atlantic Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) -
It is dark brown or black, and the young are marbled or spotted with paler marks.
Habitat -
Found in the depth range 50m - 2000m.
Diet -
They feed mainly on other fish (Cod, Haddock, Pogge, Sand Eels, Herring, Capelin), but they also take, cephalopods, large crustaceans and other bottom living animals.
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Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus) -
Silvery, with bluish or greenish blue back.
Habitat -
Found in the depth range of 0m - 364m.
Diet -
They feed on small planktonic copepods in the first year, thereafter mainly on copepods.
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Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae) -
Dorsal surface silvery, with a purple or blue/green tinge; plank and belly silvery; fins darker. Body very elongated and compressed with a tapering tail.
Habitat -
Appear to live usually on or near the bottom, but may occasionally move up into mid-waters. Large adult fish generally occur deeper than 400 m, while juveniles may be found in shallower water.
Diet -
Feed primarily on lantern fishes. In New Zealand, it feeds in midwater on small fish, crustaceans and squid.
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Huss (Squalus acanthias) -
Shark like, but much smaller upto 160cm in length.
Habitat -
Often found in enclosed bays and estuaries at all heights in the water.
Diet -
Squid, Cuttlefish, Sand Eel or Mackerel.
The only species of horned sharks that can inflict toxins with its tail.
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