High-oceanic (Ref. 4479). Mesopelagic (Ref. 58302). Found between 175-550 m during the day and near the surface to about 225 m at night (Ref. 4066, 58302). Large males partially or non-migratory (Ref. 4066). Exhibits dwarfing in minimum region off Brazil with a maximum length of about 3.6 cm SL and sexual maturity from about 2.7 cm SL (Ref. 4479).

Azores Exclusive Economic Zone, European waters (ERMS scope), Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, North West Atlantic, Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone, South Africa (country), Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone

Circumglobal: In tropical to subtropical waters. Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Angola. Western Atlantic: USA to Uruguay. Western Pacific: warmer waters and in Kuroshio (Japan Current). Indian Ocean: Mozambique Channel and Agulhas Current. Elsewhere, in the eastern Pacific. South China Sea (Ref.74511).

Sable Island Bank to Uruguay

Circumglobal in tropical trough temperate seas, including Hawaiian Islands, but not in Eastern Pacific.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 12 - 14

Maximum size: 60 mm SL

6.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4479))

Oceanic and mesopelagic. Occurs near the surface to about 225 m at night and in deeper waters during the day. Large males partially or non-migratory (Ref. 4066). Exhibits dwarfing in minimum region off Brazil with maximum SL about 36 mm and sexual maturity from about 27 mm (Ref. 4479). Spawns mainly in summer in Hawaii (Ref. 4775).

bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); marine; depth range 200 - 600 m (Ref. 58018)

nektonic

high-oceanic; found between 175-550 m during the day and near the surface to about 225 m at night

Known from seamounts and knolls

Depth range based on 95 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 87 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 37.03 - 3436.5
  Temperature range (°C): 1.433 - 25.424
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.189 - 37.060
  Salinity (PPS): 34.321 - 37.075
  Oxygen (ml/l): 1.310 - 6.024
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.034 - 2.605
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.829 - 130.945

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 37.03 - 3436.5

Temperature range (°C): 1.433 - 25.424

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.189 - 37.060

Salinity (PPS): 34.321 - 37.075

Oxygen (ml/l): 1.310 - 6.024

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.034 - 2.605

Silicate (umol/l): 0.829 - 130.945
 
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Depth: 0 - 600m.
Recorded at 600 meters.

Habitat: bathypelagic. Oceanic and mesopelagic. Found in 175-550 m during the day and near the surface to about 225 m at night (Ref. 4066). Large males partially or non-migratory (Ref. 4066). Exhibits dwarfing in minimum region off Brazil with maximum SL about 3.6 cm and sexual maturity from about 2.7 cm (Ref. 4479). Spawns mainly in summer in Hawaii (Ref. 4775).

Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

High-oceanic (Ref. 4479). Found between 175-550 m during the day and near the surface to about 225 m at night (Ref. 4066). Large males partially or non-migratory (Ref. 4066). Exhibit dwarfing in minimum region off Brazil with a maximum length of about 3.6 cm SL and sexual maturity from about 2.7 cm SL (Ref. 4479).

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


No available public DNA sequences.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 15
Species With Barcodes: 1

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