Cape Cigarfish

Dark brown to deep purple, fins dark (Ref. 4412). Preorbital snout naked or with a few predorsal scales distinctly smaller than those between eyes (Ref 9834).

Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 23; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 20 - 21; Vertebrae: 31

Oceanic, epipelagic or mesopelagic in tropical waters. Feeds mainly on salps (Ref. 33689). Occurs near the surface at night but depth at daytime is not known.

Oceanic, epipelagic or mesopelagic in tropical waters. Feeds mainly on salps (Ref. 33689). Occurs near the surface at night but depth at daytime is not known. Excellent food fish.

fisheries: minor commercial; price category: unknown; price reliability:

Feeds mainly on salps

probably circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas, as far north as 40.9°N in Canadian Atlantic

nektonic

oceanic, epi- or mesopelagic in tropical waters

Known from seamounts and knolls