Platytroctidae (Tubeshoulders) |
25 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
bathypelagic; marine; depth range 700 - 2700 m |
Eastern Atlantic: west of Iceland to off south-western tip of Ireland, Mauritania, Senegal and Namibia. Elsewhere, tropical and subtropical western Atlantic. |
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Mesopelagic, but mostly bathypelagic to benthopelagic. |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 15 July 2014 Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
Also Ref. 6882. |
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