Taxonomic Remarks
This species is often confused with Nezumia aequalis (Günther, 1878).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batipelágico; no migratorio; rango de profundidad 130 - 3200 m (Ref. 3587), usually 450 - 730 m (Ref. 1371). Deep-water; 43°N - 4°N, 81°W - 36°E
Atlantic Ocean: North Atlantic south to the northern part of the Gulf of Guinea in the east, into the Mediterranean Sea, and north of Straits of Florida in the west.
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm 15.0, range 13 - 17 cm
Max length : 36.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3587)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 2; Espinas anales: 0. Snout short, bluntly acute; terminal scute broad, blunt; ventral surface of snout without scales posteriorly including most of suborbital, mandible mostly naked, pores prominent on head. Pyloric caeca 22 to 29. Body scales with slender, conical, slanting spinules arranged in converging rows. Color in alcohol brownish, paler on head, with violet tinge on abdomen, some silvery reflections; fins pale to blackish; first dorsal fin uniformly blackish; mouth and gill cavity mostly black.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Most numerous at 450 to 730 m in the open Atlantic and at 500 to 800 m in the Mediterranean. Feeds on small crustaceans (copepods, amphipods, decapods, mysids, etc.) and polychaetes (Ref. 1371)
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
Herramientas
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