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).
- Recorder
- 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.
