Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 1370 - 1600 m (Ref. 4460). Deep-water; 41°N - 31°S, 32°W - 152°E
Eastern Atlantic: off Azores Island. South Atlantic (31°S, 3°E), Indian Ocean (11°25'S, 88°52'E) and Pacific (19°49'N, 151°48'E).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4460)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Markle, D.F. and J.-C. Quéro, 1984. Alepocephalidae (including Bathylaconidae, Bathyprionidae). p. 228-253. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4736)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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