Alepocephalus bairdii, Baird's slickhead : fisheries

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Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879

Baird's slickhead

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Faeroe Islands country information

Common names: Glámur, Slætthøvd
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: During the summer 1939, date and depth unknown, fishermen from Mykines caught 2 specimens on hook and donated them to the Tórshavn Museum. One of the specimens was a big female, 92 cm, and a detailed description is given in the reference.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fo.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Joensen, J.S. and Å. Vedel Tåning, 1970
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Alépocéphale de Baird, Talismán celindra, Плешан, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Alepocephaliformes (Slickheads and tubeshoulders.) > Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Etymology: Alepocephalus: Greek, alepos, alepidotos = without scales + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887) was an American zoologist and giant of American ornithology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Goode & Bean.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina djupbottenlevande; djupintervall 365 - 1700 m (Ref. 4460). Deep-water; 66°N - 17°N, 78°W - 0°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Greenland and Iceland southward to 17°N. Western Atlantic: Greenland to Grand Banks and 29°52'N, 77°09'W.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m 55.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 4460); rapporterad maxålder: 38 år (Ref. 41452)

Found over ooze and sand bottoms (Ref. 4736). Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Feeds mostly on coelenterates, but also decapods, tunicates and fishes (Ref. 4736).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

Annual fecundity indeterminate (Ref. 51440).

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Markle, D.F. and J.-C. Quéro, 1984. Alepocephalidae (including Bathylaconidae, Bathyprionidae). p. 228-253. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4736)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 15 July 2012

CITES (Ref. 131153)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: mindre kommeriell

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.4 - 10.2, mean 6.9 (based on 170 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00316 (0.00189 - 0.00529), b=3.19 (3.04 - 3.34), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.54 se; based on food items.

Resiliens (Ref. 120179): Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (K=0.077; tmax=38; Fec = 458 (per batch)).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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