Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 450 - 3120 m (Ref. 26895). Deep-water; 51°N - 42°S, 180°W - 180°E
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific (Ref. 5235). Circumtropical, except the Northeast Pacific (Ref. 26895).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 58.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 137577)
Dark brown tinged with violet on snout (Ref. 3973).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Found along the slope and upper abyssal zone. Feeds on annelids and crustaceans.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Smith, D.G. and P.H.J. Castle, 1990. Synaphobranchidae. p. 195-198. 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. 1. (Ref. 5235)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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