Available wild caught, it is a bottom-dwelling marine fish found mainly on the mid-continental slope commonly between 850-1,100m, mostly near deep underwater pinnacles, and caught mainly by trawling off southern Australia, especially Tasmania or on underwater hills to the south. Unlike other Oreodories, the scales rub off easily. Like all Oreodories, it differs from the related Dories by having rougher, darker skin, larger eyes and a more elongated body.