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Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809)

Blackbelly rosefish
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United Kingdom country information

Common names: Blackbelly rosefish, Bluemouth rockfish, Pysgodyn safnlas
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Swaby, S.E. and G.W. Potts, 1990
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bauchot, M.-L., 1987
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Helicolenus: Greek, helike, -es = spiral + Greek, lenos, -ou = cavity (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 50 - 1100 m (Ref. 41452), usually 150 - 600 m (Ref. 84778).   Deep-water; 70°N - 46°S

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Venezuela. Eastern Atlantic: Iceland (Ref. 12462) and Norway to the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Guinea, including Madeira, the Azores, and the Canary Islands; also Walvis Bay, Namibia to Natal, South Africa (Ref. 4313).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 32.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 89108); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4510); max. published weight: 1.6 kg (Ref. 40637); max. reported age: 43 years (Ref. 41452)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5. Pinkish with faint dusky bars; Y-shaped dark bar between soft dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 4313).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults are found in soft bottom areas of the continental shelf and upper slope. They feed on both benthic and pelagic organisms (crustaceans, fishes, cephalopods, and echinoderms) (Ref. 4570). The reproductive mode is a zygoparous form of oviparity, intermediate between oviparity and viviparity (Ref. 36265, 79712). Larvae and juveniles are pelagic (Ref. 4570). Anterolateral glandular grooves with venom gland (Ref. 57406). Sold fresh (Ref. 27121).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae

The reproductive mode is a zygoparous form of oviparity, intermediate between oviparity and viviparity (Ref. 36265, 79712). Eggs covered with gelatinous material are fertilised in the ovary. Eggs are released into the seabed at various stages of development and larvae assumes a planktonic existence once the gelatinous covering dissolves (Ref. 31150).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Eschmeyer, W.N. and L.J. Dempster, 1990. Scorpaenidae. p. 665-679. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4510)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 May 2013

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 57406)




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Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4 - 18.1, mean 10.6 (based on 1236 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00911 - 0.01203), b=3.08 (3.04 - 3.12), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.06-0.2; tm=13-16; tmax=43).
Prior r = 0.40, 95% CL = 0.27 - 0.61, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.