Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batipelagico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 4416 m (Ref. 58018), usually 300 - 1500 m (Ref. 58302). Deep-water; 80°N - 67°S, 180°W - 180°E
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters. Southern Ocean: a single specimen recorded near Bouvet Island (56°30'S, 14°29'E). Eastern Pacific: California Current region (Ref. 35800). South China Sea (Ref.74511).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.3 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 59089); 6.5 cm SL (female)
Spine dorsali (totale): 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 13-15; Spine anali 0; Raggi anali molli: 18 - 20; Vertebre: 30 - 32. Light to dark brown or grey-brown in color (Ref. 3991). Branchiostegal rays: 13-15 (Ref. 35800).
Oceanic, deep-mesopelagic (Ref. 4769, 58302) and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). Usually vertically oriented during the day (Ref. 4769). Nocturnal feeder (Ref. 9186) on copepods (Ref. 4769). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 35800).
Gon, O., 1990. Gonostomatidae. p. 116-122. 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. 5162)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2.9 - 12.3, mean 5.5 °C (based on 3390 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00316 (0.00160 - 0.00625), b=2.94 (2.76 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.53 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 1.3 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (K=0.8, Fecundity assumed < 1000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (16 of 100).