Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 2 - 370 m (Ref. 50550). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: Iwate Prefecture, Japan to the Sea of Okhotsk, the northern Sea of Japan, and the Bering Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 34.0, range 33 - 35 cm
Max length : 50.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
Inhabit deep waters. Viviparous (Ref. 34817).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: bycatch; gamefish: yes
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