Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
marien bathypelagisch; diepte 0 - 1400 m (Ref. 5123). Deep-water; 66°N - 35°N
North Atlantic: off southern Iceland eastward and southward to about 35°N. One record is from western Greenland and two are from North America to 40°N. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa, near Zanzibar, and Maldives (Ref. 26165).
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.5 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 4773)
Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 9 - 10; Anale zachte stralen: 8 - 10; Wervels: 42 - 45. Adults silvery. Ventral fins inserted ahead of dorsal fin. Dorsal fin inserted in front of the midpoint of the body. Stomachs and peritoneum coated with dark pigment (Ref. 37473). Branchiostegal rays 3. Pyloric caeca 7-8.
Spawns mainly in spring and early summer.
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturities | Voortplanting | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Cohen, D.M., 1984. Argentinidae (including Microstomatidae). p. 386-391. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Volume 1. Unesco, Paris. (Ref. 4773)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
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Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2.1 - 10.7, mean 7.3 °C (based on 278 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
