Description: Body elongate, compressed, tapering posteriorly; long head with broad snout; light organ present as a small scaleless patch on the belly. Pelvic fin with two outermost rays filamentous and slightly extended. Colour dark brown, belly and sides bluish-black.
Global Distribution: Northeastern Atlantic off Portugal, Madeira, Azores and seamounts; also throughout the Mediterranean. View Map
BIOLOGICAL FEATURES
Size: Maximum length 30.0 cm (total length).
Age:
Weight length rel.: Portugal, south coast (Borges et al. 2003): a=0.00301, b=3.304, r2=0.98 (n=15).
Growth type:
von Bertallanfy growth parameters:
Reproduction: Spawning takes place in the spring.
Maturity: Maturity is attained at 15 cm (TL).
Behavioural ecology:
Population structure & migrations:
ECOLOGICAL FEATURES
Depth range: FishBase: 150 - 748 m.
Habitat: Benthopelagic; occurs on the upper slope, over hard bottom.
Feeding habits:
Trophic level: FishBase: 3.5
FISHERIES
Commercial interest: Sometimes caught as by-catch of longline commercial fisheries. Detected in experimental fishing.
Conservation status: Global: Not evaluated.
Europe: Least concern.
Nutritional information & food safety:
REFERENCES
Borges T.C., Olim S., Erzini K. (2003). Weight–length relationships for fish species discarded in commercial fisheries of the Algarve (southern Portugal). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 19(6): 394-396.
Cohen D.M., Inada T., Iwamoto T., Scialabba N. (1990). FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Family Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 10. FAO, Rome, 442 pp.
IUCN (2014). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. www.iucnredlist.org
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Ruiz-Pico S., Arronte J.C., Bañón R., Fernandez-Zapico O. (2012). Northernmost Records of Gadella maraldi (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Moridae) in the North-Eastern Atlantic. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 42(3): 263-267.
