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Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 180 - 750 m (Ref. 106911), usually 400 - 500 m (Ref. 106911). Tropical, preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 3°S - 33°S, 31°E - 46°E (Ref. 4)
Southwest Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific: from Kenya to Natal.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 4.9, range 3 - ? cm Max length : 20.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122061); 20 cm TL (female)
It has a maximum total length of 20.5 cm (male) and 20 cm (female); and carapace lengths of 4.5 to 8.8 cm (male) and 3.7 to 8.3 (female). Minimum depth range from Ref. 122059. Occurs at depths from 200 to 750 m, but most common between 400 and 500 m (Ref. 4). Occurs along the edge of the continental slope on soft muddy substrata (Ref. 106911).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ovigerous females between December and June (Ref. 4).
Holthuis, L.B. 1991. (Ref. 4)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 10 - 12.3, mean 11.4 (based on 9 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.45-0.48).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (11 of 100).