Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 51 - 1456 m (Ref. 104125). Subtropical; 53°N - 15°N
Eastern Atlantic: southern England to Senegal and the northern Mediterranean.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.4 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 59104)
Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). Minimum depth from Ref. 122785.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 11 - 14.5, mean 13.8 °C (based on 179 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00282 (0.00172 - 0.00463), b=3.17 (3.02 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 70.7 [16.3, 209.0] mg/100g; Iron = 1.17 [0.40, 4.43] mg/100g; Protein = 16.8 [14.2, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.394 [0.161, 0.967] g/100g; Selenium = 34.1 [7.2, 102.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.3 [4.0, 42.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.743 [0.391, 1.486] mg/100g (wet weight);