Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 450 - 2300 m (Ref. 50610). Deep-water; 65°N - 36°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 57328)
Circumglobal, widely distributed in the Atlantic, most Indian Ocean submarine ridges, Subantarctic, North Pacific and tropical western and eastern Pacific.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 48.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4460)
Captured between 1,400-2,100 m in the Atlantic Ocean; 1,120-1,650 m in the Indian Ocean; 585-1,416 off Australia; 1,020-1,540 in Western Pacific; 911-1,187 Eastern Pacific and Bering Sea; and 800-1,400 m in the Pacific Ocean (Ref. 5003, 57826). Found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154). Maximum depth reported from Ref. 4460. Upper distribution of this species may follow the 4°C isotherm (Ref. 57826).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Sazonov, Y.I. and D.F. Markle, 1990. Alepocephalidae. p. 111-114. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. 462 p. (Ref. 5003)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 3.2 - 9, mean 5.2 °C (based on 1502 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00188 - 0.00769), b=3.22 (3.04 - 3.40), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).
