Author: (Euphrasen, 1788)
FBname: Silver scabbardfish
Comments: Occur on continental shelf, along its edge and upper slope down to 400 m (600 m in Australia), usually over sandy and muddy bottoms from 100 to 250 m (over 300 m in Australia).  Depth range from 333-620 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504).  Migrate into midwater at night.  Form schools; occasionally found inshore in upwelling of deep water when it appears at surface.  Feed on crustaceans, small squid and fish (Ref. 6768).  Eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 6768).