Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 1820 - 2000 m (Ref. 30823). Deep-water
Southern Ocean: Banzare Banks. High Seas only.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40957)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 47; Anal soft rays: 41; Vertebrae: 52. This species is characterized by the following: no pleural ribs; terminal mouth oblique; very small eyes (5.1% SL); very large gill slit, 11.2% SL, oblique; strongly elongated upper pectoral lobe 30.9% SL, deep notch with rudimentary rays; large head, 26%, anteanal; distance 43.1%, disk 8.7% SL: Colour of body dark brown with lighter specks; black peritoneum; stomach and pyloric caeca light (Ref. 44814).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Andriashev, A.P., 1998. A review of recent studies of Southern Ocean Liparidae (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes). Cybium 22(3): 255-266. (Ref. 30823)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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