Author: (Johnson, 1866)
FBname: Darwin's slimehead
Comments: Lives close to or on the bottom of the upper continental slope.  Prefers hard substrates.  Young specimens feed on small shrimps and fish (Ref. 4784).  A deep sea species, nonetheless, the young are often found near the coast (Ref. 9137).  Utilized as fishmeal and source of oil in eastern central Atlantic (Ref. 3695).