És un peix marí i batipelàgic[10] que viu entre 700 i 3.000 m de fondària i entre les latituds 66°N-35°S. No fa migracions verticals diàries.[11][6][12]
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↑Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton i G.R. Allen, 2006. Fishes. A Beasley, O.L. i A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volum 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing: Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1-670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671-1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473-2178.
↑Moore, J.A., K.E. Hartel, J.E. Craddock i J.K. Galbraith, 2003. An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist 10(2):159-248.
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