Author: Dieuzeide, 1950
FBname: Pencil cardinal
Comments: Adults benthic on the continental slope and collected with bottom trawls (Ref. 7321).  Juveniles are pelagic in depths of 130-145 and 350-425 m (Ref. 9563).  Feed on small fishes and planktonic invertebrates (Ref. 4738).  Oviparous (Ref. 4738).