Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 2400 - 4780 m (Ref. 4695). Deep-water; 56°N - 7°N, 135°W - 16°W
Northeast Pacific: British Columbia, Canada (Ref. 11980). Eastern Atlantic: Known from two specimens, one taken off the Cap Blanc region (Mauritania) at 20°17'N, 21°42'W and another from the Bay of Biscay. Elsewhere, two specimens were collected from the Middle Atlantic Bight, USA (Ref. 6950).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 51.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6950)
Also abyssobenthic on muddy bottoms (Ref. 6950).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Anderson, M.E., 1994. Systematics and osteology of the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. 60:120 p. (Ref. 11954)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 1.6 - 2.9, mean 1.8 °C (based on 307 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00282 (0.00146 - 0.00545), b=3.20 (3.03 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).
