Reproduction: Oviparous. Eggs are encased in horny shells.
Maturity:
Behavioural ecology:
Population structure & migrations:
ECOLOGICAL FEATURES
Depth range: FishBase: 300 - 3000 m.
Habitat: Bathydemersal. Found on continental slopes and down to deep-sea plains. Reported down up to 3000 m along the mid-Atlantic ridge.
Feeding habits: Feeds on small fishes and invertebrates.
Trophic level: FishBase: 4.0
FISHERIES
Commercial interest: Not commercial.
Conservation status: Global: Least concern.
Europe: Least concern.
Nutritional information & food safety:
Proximate composition per 100 g:
energy value 93.0 kcal (4.6% DRV)
protein 20.3 g (40.6% DRV)
fat 0.7 g (1.0% DRV)
REFERENCES
Brennan M.H., Gormley T.R. (1999). The Quality of Under-utilised Deep-water Fish Species. The National Food Centre Research Report No. 22. The National Food Centre, Dublin, Ireland, 22 pp.
IUCN (2014). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. www.iucnredlist.org
Nieto A., Ralph G.M., Comeros-Raynal M.T., Kemp J., GarcÃa Criado M., Allen D.J., Dulvy N.K., Walls R.H.L., Russell B., Pollard D., GarcÃa S., Craig M., Collette B.B., Pollom R., Biscoito M., Labbish Chao N., Abella A., Afonso P., Ãlvarez H., Carpenter K.E., Clò S., Cook R., Costa M.J., Delgado J., Dureuil M., Ellis J.R., Farrell E.D., Fernandes P., Florin A-B., Fordham S., Fowle, S., Gil de Sola L., Gil Herrera J., Goodpaster A., Harvey M., Heessen H., Herler J., Jung A., Karmovskaya E., Keskin C., Knudsen S.W., Kobyliansky S., KovaÄić M., Lawson J.M., Lorance P., McCully Phillips S., Munroe T., Nedreaas K., Nielsen J., Papaconstantinou C., Polidoro B., Pollock C.M., Rijnsdorp A.D., Sayer C., Scott J., Serena F., Smith-Vaniz W.F., Soldo A., Stump E., Williams J.T. (2015). Europen Red List of Marine Fishes. IUCN and European Union, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 90 pp.
