Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 550 - 1306 m (Ref. 9970). Deep-water
Atlantic Ocean: off Morocco, the Caribbean Sea, and off Nicaragua.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4517)
Fin membranes dusky. Membranes lining roof of mouth and gill cavities dark except for light colored areas along branchiostegal membranes. General color, probably brown (Ref. 37108).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Marshall, N.B., 1979. Macrouridae. p. 287-299. In J.C. Hureau and Th. Monod (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (CLOFNAM). UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 9970)
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): 4.9 - 12, mean 7.4 °C (based on 139 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00372 (0.00141 - 0.00976), b=3.11 (2.88 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (17 of 100).