Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batidemersale. Deep-water; 47°N - 19°N, 20°W - 23°E
Eastern Atlantic: southern Spain to Cape Blanc in Mauritania including western Mediterranean.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3397); common length : 10.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3397)
Found on the outer continental shelf and upper slope, probably near the bottom. Feeds on pelagic crustaceans. Spawns from winter to spring in the Mediterranean (Ref. 4773).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Cohen, D.M., 1990. Argentinidae. p. 235-238. 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. 4458)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 7.6 - 13.8, mean 13 °C (based on 109 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00339 (0.00200 - 0.00575), b=3.21 (3.06 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Assuming tmax>3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 51.3 [27.6, 145.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.566 [0.190, 1.448] mg/100g; Protein = 14.7 [12.4, 16.8] %; Omega3 = 0.427 [0.172, 1.158] g/100g; Selenium = 15.8 [6.3, 37.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.7 [3.0, 66.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.531 [0.348, 0.826] mg/100g (wet weight);
