Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 4000 m (Ref. 5002). Deep-water; 45°S - 74°S
South Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. Southern Ocean: circum-Antarctic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 11.2 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128038)
Some studies on feeding have shown that euphausiids comprised 46% by weight of the food consumed by this species. Spawning probably occurs 3-4 times a year (Ref. 5002).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Gon, O., 1990. Bathylagidae. p. 107-110. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. 462 p. (Ref. 5002)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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