Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 500 - 2000 m (Ref. 27121). Deep-water; 67°N - 33°S, 79°W - 103°E
Eastern Atlantic: from about 30°W to 60°N; along the continental slope of West Africa between 27°N and 14°N as well as between 9°S and 12°S, also about 22°S, off South Africa from 26°S to 31°S. Western Atlantic: between 30°N and 60°N. Eastern Indian Ocean: broken ridge (31°S, 93°E).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4461)
Bathypelagic to benthopelagic (Ref. 4461).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Quéro, J.-C., T. Matsui, R.H. Rosenblatt and Y.I. Sazonov, 1990. Platytroctidae. p. 265-274. 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. 4461)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 3.6 - 6.6, mean 5.2 °C (based on 73 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00407 (0.00154 - 0.01080), b=3.17 (2.95 - 3.39), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tmax>3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 28.8 [7.2, 122.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.478 [0.142, 1.522] mg/100g; Protein = 3.03 [0.00, 7.03] %; Omega3 = 0.184 [0.057, 0.586] g/100g; Selenium = 14.6 [3.4, 61.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 17 [2, 127] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.607 [0.277, 1.515] mg/100g (wet weight);