Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 600 - 1740 m (Ref. 75154). Deep-water
Atlantic and Pacific: Eastern Atlantic: off Gabon. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico. Western Pacific: off Japan; New Zealand (Ref. 5755). Southeast Pacific: Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3587)
Dark brown, becoming blackish on the gular and branchiostegal membranes. Inside of mouth and gill cover black. Head fully scaled, mandibular band is narrow (Ref. 37108). Orbit tiny, about 10% of head length, placed forward of small, inferior mouth. Chin barbel absent. First gill slit not restricted by membranous folds of skin, outer gill rakers long, slender. Branchiostegal rays 7. Anus immediately before anal fin. Tail straplike. Anal fin long, poorly developed. No light organ. Swimbladder regressed. (Ref 1371)
Live at midwater as well as benthopelagic levels (Ref. 37108).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Geistdoerfer, P., 1990. Macrouridae. p. 541-563. 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. 2. (Ref. 3587)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
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Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 3.5 - 9.1, mean 5.3 °C (based on 733 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00309 (0.00119 - 0.00804), b=3.12 (2.90 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).