Dana Pearleye

Dark stripe just below lateral line and extends to lower caudal lobe (Ref. 6601). Pigments lacking on pectoral and pelvic fins; gill filaments not extending to edge of gill covers (Ref. 13608).

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.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 9; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 24 - 27

Oceanic and mesopelagic (Ref. 6601, 75154). Adults have usually been taken in hauls at depths between 300 to 800 m; most larvae in hauls to depths between 0 to 200 m. Most records in all areas are from localities near continental or insular land masses. Synchronous hermaphrodites (Ref. 10755).

fisheries: of no interest

Mesopelagic. Adults have usually been taken in hauls to depths between 300 to 800 m; most larvae in hauls to depths between 0 to 200 m. Most records in all areas are from localitites near continental or insular land masses. Synchronous hermaphrodites (Ref. 10755).

south of the Grand Banks to the Caribbean

nektonic