Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 145 - 549 m (Ref. 56504). Subtropical; 39°N - 37°N, 15°E - 16°E
Eastern Atlantic: known only from the Strait of Messina (Sicily) in the Mediterranean.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3397)
Spine dorsali (totale): 8; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 9-10; Spine anali 2; Raggi anali molli: 8 - 9. Upper profile of body suddenly bent before first dorsal fin. Head large, opercle with a spine. Lower jaw prominent. Scales about as long as high. Pelvic fins distally dark. Purplish-blue in color.
This is a non-territorial species.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Bauchot, M.-L., 1987. Poissons osseux. p. 891-1421. In W. Fischer, M.L. Bauchot and M. Schneider (eds.) Fiches FAO d'identification pour les besoins de la pêche. (rev. 1). Méditerranée et mer Noire. Zone de pêche 37. Vol. II. Commission des Communautés Européennes and FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3397)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 13.615 - 14.065, mean 13.84 °C (based on 2 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 288 [61, 1,219] mg/100g; Iron = 2.99 [1.08, 7.94] mg/100g; Protein = 2.72 [0.00, 6.55] %; Omega3 = 0.561 [0.190, 1.575] g/100g; Selenium = 22.3 [5.4, 90.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 24.4 [5.3, 125.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.45 [0.67, 3.19] mg/100g (wet weight);