Description: Small, fusiform, compressed body; large terminal mouth with small teeth; large eyes. Three rows of photophores on the ventral side of the body; also around the margin of the tongue. Single dorsal fin, plus a dorsal adipose fin above the end of the anal fin. Red on the sides, pale below, belly silvery white with bluish reflections.
Global Distribution: Atlantic (but not in the Mediterranean); Indo-West Pacific. View Map
Depth range: FishBase: 250 - 700 m.
Canary Islands (Brito et al. 2002): 250 - 1700 m.
Habitat: Bathypelagic. Found over continental and island slopes.
Feeding habits:
Trophic level: FishBase: 3.2
FISHERIES
Commercial interest: Not commercial.
Conservation status: Global: Not evaluated.
Europe: Least concern.
Nutritional information & food safety:
REFERENCES
Brito A., Pascual P.J., Falcón J.M., Sancho A., González G. (2002). Peces de las islas Canarias. Catálogo comentado e ilustrado. Francisco Lemos Editor, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 418 pp.
Carpenter K.E., ed. (2002). The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 2: Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome, pp. 601-1374.
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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