Description: A cusk-eel with a robust body and rounded snout, with a strong opercular spine. Colour red or brown, with dark brown pectoral fins, and bluish-grey head.
Global Distribution: Eastern Central Atlantic islands and seamounts; also from the Caribbean Sea.
Reproduction: Oviparous. Oval, pelagic eggs float in a gelatinous mass.
Maturity:
Behavioural ecology:
Population structure & migrations:
ECOLOGICAL FEATURES
Depth range: FishBase: 1147 - 5055 m.
Habitat: Bathydemersal on the deeper part of the slope and upper abyssal floor.
Feeding habits:
Trophic level: FishBase: 3.6
FISHERIES
Commercial interest: Not commercial. Detected in experimental fishing.
Conservation status: Global: Not evaluated.
Europe: Data deficient.
Nutritional information & food safety:
REFERENCES
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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
Nielsen J.G., Cohen D.M., Markle D.F., Robins C.R. (1998). FAO species catalogue Vol. 18. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125, Vol. 18., FAO, Rome, 178pp.
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