Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range					
						पारिस्थितिकी					
				
				
				
					समुद्री pelagic-oceanic; औशिनोड़िरोमस (Ref. 51243). Subtropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas.
				
				
			
			
				
					आकार / वज़न / Age
				
				
				
					परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 50.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 55763); common length : 25.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 55763)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 0; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 27 - 34; गुदा कांटा: 0; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 25 - 34. Body cylindrical and elongate; possessing an oblong cephalic disk with 14 to 17 transverse laminae; cranium depressed (supporting cephalic disk); dorsal fin with 27 to 44 rays; first gill arch with fewer than 21 gill rakers; body entirely white to pale blue (Ref. 55763).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Found on the body and inside gill chamber of billfishes and swordfishes, rarely on any other fishes (Ref. 2850); also in the gill cavities and mouths of sharks (Ref. 5951).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (संदर्भ 
123201): 7.9 - 28.1, mean 23.4 °C (based on 1998 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (संदर्भ 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5352   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00257 (0.00110 - 0.00600), b=3.17 (2.96 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (संदर्भ 
69278):  3.5   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						लौटाव  (संदर्भ 
120179):  माध्यम, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 1.4 - 4.4 वर्ष। (Assuming Fec < 10,000).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100). 
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						Nutrients  (Ref. 
124155):  Calcium = 39.6 [12.5, 119.7] mg/100g; Iron = 1.21 [0.45, 6.66] mg/100g; Protein = 3.95 [0.22, 7.80] %; Omega3 = 0.269 [0.118, 0.593] g/100g; Selenium = 27.7 [6.4, 78.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.37 [2.13, 20.36] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.752 [0.368, 1.431] mg/100g (wet weight);