Zugmayer's pearleye (Benthalbella infans)

Species facts

Scientific name

Benthalbella infans

Family

Scopelarchidae (Pearleyes)

Order

Aulopiformes (Grinners)

Class

Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)

Maximum length

13.8

Depth range

0–4740 m (0–15551 ft)

Environment

Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous; depth range 0 - 4740 m, usually 500 - ? m

Climate

Deep-water

Distribution

Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters. Absent in the Mediterranean and eastern tropical Pacific. Widespread throughout the Eastern Central Atlantic but recorded mainly between 30?N to 15?N; unknown from the Gulf of Guinea.

Conservation status (IUCN)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Uses

Fisheries: of no interest