Description: A small to medium-sized fish. Body elongate, almost cylindrical; large eyes and a pointed snout. Upper jaw very protrusible. Dorsal fin continuous, composed of spines and soft rays; notched before the soft-rayed portion. Caudal fin forked. Lateral line single, continuous and smoothly curved. Brownish or reddish dorsally; silvery below; caudal fin reddish yellow; pelvic fins reddish.
Global Distribution: Central Eastern Atlantic: Portugal, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and the Mediterranean, south to Mauritania. View Map
BIOLOGICAL FEATURES
Size: Maximum length 34.0 cm (total length); common length 12.0 cm (TL).
Growth type: isometric or slightly positive allometric growth
von Bertallanfy growth parameters:
Reproduction: Eggs are pelagic.
Maturity:
Behavioural ecology:
Population structure & migrations:
ECOLOGICAL FEATURES
Depth range: FishBase: ? - 464 m.
Habitat: Benthopelagic. Neritic. Found over rocks or gravelly bottoms. Breeding stock approach the coast in summer.
Feeding habits: Feeds mainly on copepods. Other prey includes ostracods, mysids, polychaetes and chaetognaths.
Trophic level: FishBase: 3.3
FISHERIES
Commercial interest: Minor commercial species.
Conservation status: Global: Not evaluated.
Europe: Least concern.
Nutritional information & food safety:
REFERENCES
Azevedo J.M.N., Raposeiro P.M., Rodrigues L. (2004). First records of Fistularia petimba and Diodon eydouxii for the Azores, with notes on the occurrence of three additional species. Journal of Fish Biology, 65(4): 1180-1184.
Christiansen B., Martin B., Hirch S. (2009). The benthopelagic fish fauna on the summit on Seine Seamount, NE Atlantic: Composition, population structure and diets. Deep-Sea Research II, 56: 2705-2712.
Direcção Regional de Pescas, Madeira.
Fischer W., Bianchi G., Scott W.B., eds. (1981). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part). Canada Funds-in-Trust. Ottawa, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, by arrangement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, vol. 1, 326 pp.
Hureau J.-C., ed. (1984-1985). Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO. Accessed through: Marine Species Identification Portal. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://species-identification.org (2014).
IUCN (2014). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. www.iucnredlist.org
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