La femella pot arribar a fer 5 cm de llargària màxima i el mascle 3,6.[5][6]
Hàbitat
És un peix marí, mesopelàgic profund i batipelàgic que viu entre 300 i 2.000 m de fondària (normalment, entre 500 i 800) i entre les latituds 60°N-17°S i 20°W-14°E. No realitza migracions verticals.[5][7][8]
↑Goode G. B. & Bean T. H., 1883. Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer "Blake," Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. v. 10 (núm. 5). 183-226.
↑Brauer, A., 1902. Diagnosen von neuen Tiefseefischen, welche von der Valdivia-Expedition gesammelt sind. Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 25 (núm. 668): 277-298.
↑Badcock, J., 1984. Gonostomatidae. P. 284-301. A P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen i E. Tortonese (eds.). Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Vol. 1. UNESCO, París.
↑Quéro, J.-C., J.C. Njock i M.M. de la Hoz, 1990. Gonostomatidae. P. 283-292. A: J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post i L. Saldanha (eds.). Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisboa; SEI, París; i UNESCO, París. Vol. 1.
↑Quéro, J.-C., J.C. Njock i M.M. de la Hoz, 1990. Gonostomatidae. P. 283-292.
↑Bekker, V.E., T.N. Belyanina, N.I. Kashkin i K.N. Nesis, 1982. Mesopelagic fish and cephalopoda from the four regions of the North Atlantic (from collections of the 31st study cruise of the research vessel Akademik Kurchatov). J. Ichthyol. 22(4):19-25.
↑Bond, G.W., 1981. Gonostomatidae. A: W. Fischer, G. Bianchi i W.B. Scott (eds.). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part). Vol. 2. FAO, Roma.
↑Reiner, F., 1996. Catálogo dos peixes do Arquipélago de Cabo Verde. Publicações avulsas do IPIMAR Núm. 2. 339 p.
↑Santos, R.S., F.M. Porteiro i J.P. Barreiros, 1997. Marine fishes of the Azores: annotated checklist and bibliography. Bulletin of the University of Azores. Supplement 1. 244 p.
↑Witzell, W.N., 1979. Gonostomatidae. P. 114-122. A: J.C. Hureau i Th. Monod (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (CLOFNAM). UNESCO, París. Vol. 1.
Bibliografia
Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao i C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan.