Diagnostic Description
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Ctenoid scales and upper part of opercle rounded (Ref. 26938).
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- Grace Tolentino Pablico
Migration
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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.
Trophic Strategy
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High-oceanic, nyctoepipelagic at the surface and down to 275 m and found between 300-600 m during the day (Ref. 4479); also mesopelagic (Ref. 5951). Feeds on plankton (Ref. 26938).
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- Grace Tolentino Pablico
Biology
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High-oceanic, nyctoepipelagic at the surface and down to 275 m and found between 300-600 m during the day (Ref. 4479). Feeds on plankton (Ref. 26938). Females reach sexual maturity at 4.2 cm (Ref. 47377).
Diet
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Feeds on plankton
North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Distribution
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Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Canada to Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico and southern Caribbean
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Habitat
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High-oceanic, nyctoepipelagic at the surface and down to 275 m and found between 300-600 m during the day.
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Habitat
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nektonic
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Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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