Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 850 m (Ref. 13608), usually 400 - 800 m (Ref. 47377). Deep-water; 35°N -
Eastern Atlantic: Senegal, Madeira, and Cape Verde; off southern Africa, ca. 19°S, 5°W (Ref. 3991). Western Atlantic: eastern coast of the United States, Bahamas, Straits of Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Suriname, and Brazil (Ref. 37039).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.9 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 37039)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11 - 13; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 36 - 41. Dorsum black-brown in color; flanks silver; fin rays finely speckled (Ref. 3991). Row of photophores along the lateral line (Ref. 37473).
Exhibits diel vertical migrations (Ref. 4769); found between 400-800 m during the day and near the surface at night (Ref. 3991).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Quéro, J.-C., J.C. Njock and M.M. de la Hoz, 1990. Gonostomatidae. p. 283-292. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4463)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 5.5 - 14.4, mean 8.8 °C (based on 230 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00176 - 0.00823), b=2.99 (2.80 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 19.9 [4.5, 82.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.346 [0.101, 1.157] mg/100g; Protein = 2.87 [0.00, 6.80] %; Omega3 = 0.157 [0.047, 0.531] g/100g; Selenium = 9.66 [2.75, 38.24] μg/100g; VitaminA = 32.5 [4.1, 259.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.612 [0.274, 1.507] mg/100g (wet weight);