Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 2500 m (Ref. 34024). Deep-water
Southeast Pacific: Galapagos Rift Zone.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.4 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 46892)
Rare species known from a depth of 2,500 m and found in thermal vent effluent (Ref. 34024). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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