Diagnostic Description
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Body silvery, jaws and opercle blackish. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.
Life Cycle
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Batch spawners with 5,000 to 16,000 eggs per spawn.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 42 - 46; Dorsal soft rays (total): 99 - 108; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 91 - 98; Vertebrae: 151 - 159
Trophic Strategy
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Juveniles mesopelagic (Ref. 6181); also benthopelagic (Ref. 5951). Feeds on crustaceans (mainly prawns and euphausiids), small fishes (e.g. Maurolicus) and squid (Ref. 6202).
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- Drina Sta. Iglesia
Biology
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Juveniles mesopelagic (Ref. 6181); also benthopelagic (Ref. 5951). Feeds on crustaceans (mainly prawns and euphausiids), small fishes (e.g. Maurolicus) and squid (Ref. 6202). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 36453.
Description
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Mostly deepwater, from 260 to 575 m at Sala y Gomez Ridge, 380 to 950 m elsewhere, juveniles mesopelagic. Feeds on crustaceans (mainly prawns and euphausiids), small fishes (e.g. @Maurolicus@) and squid (Ref. 6202).
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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