Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 445 - 930 m (Ref. 122568). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar to Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122568)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Anal soft rays: 27 - 28. This species is distinguished by the following characters: head length 2.7-3.2 (usually 2.9-3.0) in SL; mouth cavity uniformly black and snout shorter than orbit; D rayed pterygiophore pattern /1/1/1/1/1+1/1+1/1/; A 27-28 rays; developed gill rakers on first arch 14-16; pseudobranch moderate (20-23 elements); fins are pale (Ref. 122569).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Prokofiev, A.M., 2014. Taxonomy and distribution of deepsea herring (Bathyclupeidae) in oceans. J. Ichthyol. 54 (8):493-500. (Ref. 122568)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 5.6 - 9.1, mean 6.9 °C (based on 145 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00195 - 0.01287), b=3.08 (2.86 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).
