Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 100 - 1408 m (Ref. 9942). Subtropical; 68°N - 78°S, 98°W - 167°W
Cosmopolitan. Atlantic. Indian and Pacific oceans and the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 16.5, range 13 - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3397); common length : 20.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4784); edad máxima reportada: 11 años (Ref. 26316)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 6 - 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12 - 14; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 10. Body dusky pink above, silvery below; paired fins pale (Ref. 4181). Body deep, oval. Scales deciduous, spinules minute, margins usually entire (Ref. 37108).
This species is reported to be pelagic in Maul, 1990 (Ref. 3583); however, Schneider, 1990 (Ref. 2683) indicates the species is demersal. Found over muddy bottom (Ref. 26999).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Maul, G.E., 1990. Trachichthyidae. p. 620-622. In J.C. Quéro, 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. 3583)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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