Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 1112; Dorsal soft rays (total): 911
Trophic Strategy
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Occurs on hard bottoms. Feeds on fishes and shrimps.
- Recorder
- Drina Sta. Iglesia
Biology
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Occurs on hard bottoms (Ref. 4510). Feeds on fishes and shrimps (Ref. 5377). Females appear to remain smaller, up to 38.4 cm TL in the Canary Islands (Ref. 55964). Males are heavier and larger (Ref. 55965).
Importance
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fisheries: commercial
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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