Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 41500), usually 5 - 150 m (Ref. 36453). Subtropical; - 53°S
Southwest Atlantic: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Patagonia, Argentina.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 21.2  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 36453)
Feeds on amphipods, small crabs and polychaetes (Ref. 36453). In spring mature individuals migrate to 37°S and southwards to spawn and in autumn migrate offshore for feeding and growing (Ref. 41500).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Distinct pairing (Ref. 205).
Nakamura, I., T. Inada, M. Takeda and H. Hatanaka, 1986. Important fishes trawled off Patagonia. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo. 369 p. (Ref. 27363)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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