Author: (Gill, 1884)
FBname: Bluntsnout smooth-head
Comments: Usually found near continental slopes (Ref. 4736).  Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426).  Feeds primarily on crustaceans (euphausiids, copepods, amphipods and decapod zoea), also ostracods and small cephalopods (Ref. 4736).