Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batipelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 2000 m (Ref. 4473). Deep-water
Atlantic Ocean: antitropical in distribution. Known only from stomachs of Alepisaurus in the South Pacific.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4056)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 11 - 14; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 24 - 28. Body pale with black dorsal band (Ref. 4056).
Epipelagic to bathypelagic, young mainly at the surface and to 200 m, adults at 400-2,000 m (Ref. 4473). Carnivorous (Ref. 5759).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Post, A., 1990. Paralepididae. p. 373-384. 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. 4473)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 1 - 12.8, mean 8.3 °C (based on 525 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00219 (0.00088 - 0.00547), b=3.08 (2.86 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 21.8 [6.7, 62.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.299 [0.102, 0.930] mg/100g; Protein = 15.9 [12.8, 18.4] %; Omega3 = 0.105 [0.028, 0.322] g/100g; Selenium = 19.5 [6.2, 55.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 29.4 [3.1, 240.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.386 [0.206, 0.762] mg/100g (wet weight);