Beneath the
Lisbon Coast

Length

20 cm

Depth range

10–100 m

Lifespan

7 yrs

Diet

Plankton

Reported 10–100 m; usually 25–55 m by day, 10–35 m at night.

Length

30 cm

Depth range

Surface–1050 m

Lifespan

15 yrs

Diet

Small fish, crustaceans

Reported 0–1050 m; usually 100–200 m.

Forms huge schools and is one of the most eaten fish in Portugal.

Length

35 cm

Depth range

1–150 m

Lifespan

11 yrs

Diet

Shellfish, crabs

Reported 1–150 m; usually shallower than 30 m.

Length

50 cm

Depth range

Surface–100 m

Lifespan

25 yrs

Diet

Fish, squid, crabs

Reported 0–100 m; usually 10–30 m.

Often hunts in the Tagus estuaries, swimming in with the tide.

Length

100 cm

Depth range

30–1000 m

Lifespan

20 yrs

Diet

Fish, squid

Reported 30–1000 m; usually 70–370 m.

Length

35 cm

Depth range

Surface–150 m

Lifespan

30 yrs

Diet

Worms, molluscs

Reported 0–150 m; usually 10–60 m.

Length

30 cm

Depth range

Surface–300 m

Lifespan

13 yrs

Diet

Plankton, small fish

Reported 0–300 m.

Length

110 cm

Depth range

200–1700 m

Lifespan

32 yrs

Diet

Fish, squid

Reported 200–1700 m; usually 400–1200 m.

Lives in total darkness and rises at night to feed. Famous in Sesimbra, south of Lisbon.

Length

40 cm

Depth range

30–800 m

Lifespan

15 yrs

Diet

Crustaceans, worms

Reported 30–800 m; usually 100–400 m.

Recognised by the dark spot just behind its head.

Length

200 cm

Depth range

1–1171 m

Lifespan

15 yrs

Diet

Fish, octopus

Reported 1–1171 m; usually shallower than 100 m.

Can grow longer than a human.