Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 840 m (Ref. 58018), usually 500 - ? m (Ref. 6601). Deep-water; 35°S - 69°S
Circumglobal in the southern hemisphere from about 35°S to Antarctica.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5174)
Oceanic, mesopelagic or bathypelagic species (Ref. 6601).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Post, A., 1990. Scopelarchidae. p. 134-135. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5174)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00347 (0.00141 - 0.00855), b=3.16 (2.94 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.6 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (19 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutrients (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 41.4 [13.2, 128.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.402 [0.136, 1.278] mg/100g; Protein = 15.8 [12.7, 18.3] %; Omega3 = 0.109 [0.029, 0.358] g/100g; Selenium = 14.7 [4.5, 42.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 36.1 [4.0, 306.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.511 [0.271, 1.009] mg/100g (wet weight); |