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Broadly distributed tropical and temperate species (Ref.
9927
). Eastern Atlantic: off Morocco to Sierra Leone and from Angola to South Africa. Western Atlantic: Caribbean Sea (Ref.
6744
); reported from Guianas (Ref.
13608
). Western Indian Ocean: at about 38°S. Western Pacific: off Japan, China Sea, Arafura Sea (Ref.
9819
), off Victoria, Australia (Ref.
6536
) and New Zealand (Ref.
5755
). Including west of Ireland, Flemish Cap, and Gulf of Maine (Moore, pers. comm.).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
6622
)
Juveniles found near the surface; adults mesopelagic below 500 m (Ref.
27121
). May occur at depths greater than 2,000 m (Ref.
6536
). Feed on small crustaceans and planktonic organisms (Ref.
27121
). Breed all year round (Ref.
6744
). Minimum depth range taken from Ref. 27000.
Post, A.
, 1990. Diretmidae. p. 623-624. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref.
6536
)
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201
): 4.5 - 13.9, mean 8.5 °C (based on 849 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 1.0625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01549 (0.00732 - 0.03276), b=3.00 (2.81 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.5 ±0.48 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
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