Nansenia oblita is silvery in colour. Its length is maximum 18 cm (7.1 in). It has 10 or 11 dorsal soft rays, 9 or 10 anal soft rays, 28–30 gill rakers, 42–45 vertebrae, and 4 branchiostegal rays. The proximal part of the See more

Nansenia oblita is pelagic, living in the northwest and eastern Atlantic Ocean, western Mediterranean Sea and Adriatic Sea at … See more

It spawns during winter in the Mediterranean, perhaps later in the Atlantic. It lays spherical eggs of about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) … See more