Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batidemersal; no migratorio; rango de profundidad 581 - 1660 m (Ref. 9315). Deep-water; 3°C - 6°C (Ref. 37930); 43°N - 15°N, 124°W - 101°W (Ref. 1371)
Eastern Central Pacific: off the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico and the Gulf of California. Occurs northward to Washington state (43°N) (Ref 37930).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 41039)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 2; Espinas anales: 0. Snout narrow, bluntly rounded, almost entirely bare, with a small inconspicuous scute at its tip. Suborbital ridge rounded and shallow in cross section, without scute-like scales. Cephalic pores of the lateralis system indistinct, but sensory papillae densely dispersed over the head. Pyloric caeca 25 to 37. Body scales small, easily shed, mostly without spinules, but some with slanting conical spinules. Overall color is Grayish brown with violet tinged; abdominal region, gill membranes and gill cover blackish; oral and branchial cavities and fins dusky to blackish.
Caught as a by-catch of trawlers fishing for Dover sole but of no commercial value (Ref. 9315). Problems with taxonomy. Shallowest depth record from Ref. 37930.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
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
Pesquerías: pesquerías de subsistencia
Herramientas
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