Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino; distribuzione batimetrica 300 - 500 m (Ref. 5951). Temperate; 53°N - 24°N, 20°W - 17°E
Eastern Atlantic: southwest of Ireland, western Mediterranean and off Western Sahara. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4458)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 10 - 11; Raggi anali molli: 9 - 10; Vertebre: 42 - 45. Branchiostegal rays 4. Predorsal length longer than 50% SL. Proximal part of adipose fin unpigmented. Entire body covered with guanine (Ref. 5123).
Spawns during winter in the Mediterranean.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | 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)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Strumenti
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 10.4 - 14.2, mean 13.5 (based on 28 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.31 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).