Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; non migratori; distribuzione batimetrica 770 - 2745 m (Ref. 3587). Deep-water
Atlantic Ocean: Eastern Atlantic: off Mauritania, Gulf of Guinea, off Morocco and Madeira; also off Cape Town, South Africa (Ref. 11953). Western Atlantic: Straits of Florida, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea. Often confused with Bathygadus melanobranchus Vaillant, 1888.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.5 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3587)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 2; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 132 - 134; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 130. The head is relatively large; eyes also large. Body tapers abruptly from behind the pectoral fin. Caudal fin absent (Ref. 2800).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 3.7 - 7, mean 4.4 °C (based on 482 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00372 (0.00141 - 0.00980), b=3.11 (2.88 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100).