(ofAgonus decagonus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary page(s): 105, Pl. 27 [details]
Distribution Baffin Island to the Laurentian Channel, Gulf of St. Lawrence and Grand Bank, south to Scotian Shelf; off Greenland,...
Distribution Baffin Island to the Laurentian Channel, Gulf of St. Lawrence and Grand Bank, south to Scotian Shelf; off Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Spitsbergen, and northern Norway [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Leptagonus decagonus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/carms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127191 on 2025-05-29
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Leptagonus decagonus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127191 on 2025-05-29
original description(ofAgonus decagonus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary page(s): 105, Pl. 27 [details]
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
basis of recordvan der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceGulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional sourceScott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp.[details]
additional sourceFroese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online athttps://www.fishbase.org[details]
ecology sourceLooby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online athttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Unreviewed
Canada
Davis Strait
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Hudson Bay
Hudson Strait
North Atlantic Ocean
(no group)
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on bottom invertebrates, located with the assistnace of the chin barbels [details] Distribution Baffin Island to the Laurentian Channel, Gulf of St. Lawrence and Grand Bank, south to Scotian Shelf; off Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Spitsbergen, and northern Norway [details] Habitat benthic [details] Habitat Inhabits deep, cold waters of northern seas. [details]