Author: (de Brito Capello, 1868)
FBname: Smalleyed rabbitfish
Comments: Epibenthic (Ref. 58426).  Found on continental slopes and down to deep-sea plains.  Reported down up to 3000 m along the mid-Atlantic ridge (Ref. 83979, C.Cotton pers.comm. 03/10).  Feeds on small fishes and invertebrates (Ref. 6680).  Oviparous (Ref. 205).  Eggs are encased in horny shells (Ref. 205).  It is commercially used as fish meal and to produce high-quality machine oil from the liver (Ref. 117245).