Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 50 m. Deep-water; 30°N - 4°N, 19°W - 8°W
Eastern Atlantic: along the west coast of Africa from West Sahara to Liberia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6499); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2716)
Occurs on the continental shelf (Ref. 6499).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Nielsen, J.G., 1990. Psettodidae. p. 1024. 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. 2. (Ref. 6499)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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