Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 200 - 500 m (Ref. 4455). Deep-water
Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Angola, including Cape Verde. Recorded from central Namibia (Ref. 27121).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 48.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4455)
Burrows in sand or mud on the continental shelf (Ref. 4455).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Leiby, M., 1990. Ophichthidae. p. 176-192. 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. 4455)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 9 - 15.1, mean 10.8 °C (based on 40 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00089 (0.00039 - 0.00204), b=3.00 (2.80 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.73 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Assuming tmax>10).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).