Tubenose Poacher

Subarctic poacher also found, but not commonly, in southern Chukchi Sea

Little is known; Spawn in late summer; Live to about 5 years

Feed predominantly on mysids, also euphausiids, copepods, other small epibenthic crustaceans; Eaten by flounders (Hippoglossus), great sculpin (Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus), other bottom fishes

Subarctic-arctic; Benthopelagic, above sand and gravel bottoms; Unlike most poachers, swims well above the bottom; Intertidal and subtidal to depth of about 128 m, frequently among eelgrass (Zostera), less commonly among algae (Laminaria); Abundant in sheltered bays during summer, descending deeper for winter

Dorsal part of body and head dark brown; Underside of head and anterior part of body white, sharply demarcated from dark dorsal part; Long, slender poacher with mouth at the end of a tubelike snout; Long, dark fleshy barbel on chin in Chukchi Sea and northern Bering Sea specimens