Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 200 - 998 m (Ref. 6550). Deep-water; 31°N - 35°S
Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to South Africa.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 36731)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9 - 10; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 78 - 85. Dark brown to black in color, lighter below; pelvic ray and fold of skin at angle of mouth pale (Ref. 5528).
Inhabits upper slopes (Ref. 27121). Feeds on ophiuroids and fishes (Ref. 6717).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Costa, M.J. and J.-C. Quéro, 1990. Ateleopodidae. p. 644-645. 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. 6550)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
Special reports
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 8.7 - 13.7, mean 10.7 °C (based on 21 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5315 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.3 ±0.71 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).