Author: Risso, 1840
FBname: Shortfin spiny eel
Comments: Hovers and swims along at slight head-down angle.  Often caught in large numbers and possibly gregarious.  Depth range from 700-2000 m and from 487-1034 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504).  Feeds on sessile and motile invertebrates such as bryozoans, ophiuroids, amphipods and sponges.  Spawns in June-July in the Mediterranean.  Sexually dimorphic, males generally smaller and with enlarged nasal rosettes (Ref. 4449).