Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 55 - 913 m (Ref. 50550). Deep-water
Northeast Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk and Sea of Japan, the Tatar Strait, and the Pacific off Hokkaido and northern Honshu, Japan. Also west Bering Sea (Ref. 44380).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 51.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83735)
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 57 - 62; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 50 - 55; Vertebrae: 62 - 67. Gill opening extending ventrally in front of 1 to 6 pectoral fin rays; disk length 12.7 to 16.7% of head length; body with cactus-like prickles (Ref. 559). Body uniformly pink; eye and peritoneum silver; stomach dusky (Ref. 559).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
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: of no interest
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