Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; océanodrome; profondeur 50 - 1032 m (Ref. 56504), usually 200 - 600 m (Ref. 35388). Deep-water; 65°N - 30°N, 77°W - 21°E
Atlantic Ocean: restricted to the North Atlantic and adjacent seas.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 35388)
Depth range from 50-1000 m (ref. 04473) and up to 1032 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Epipelagic to bathypelagic (Ref. 58426); also mesopelagic (Ref. 5951). Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and occasionally planktonic organisms (Ref. 5759). Spawns from March to September, larvae near the surface (Ref. 35388).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Larvae are found near the surface.
Post, A., 1990. Paralepididae. p. 373-384. 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. 1. (Ref. 4473)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
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