Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 183 - 490 m (Ref. 58302). Temperate
Western Central Pacific: Australia (Ref. 7300). Eastern Central Pacific: Hawai'i Island (Ref. 58302). Southeast Pacific: Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez (Ref. 50546).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30504)
Occurs in the continental shelf and in the continental slope (Ref. 7300). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 11.1 - 18.9, mean 14 °C (based on 102 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5002 [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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
