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Cryptopsaras couesii Gill, 1883

Triplewart seadevil
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Ceratiidae (Warty Seadevils)
Etymology: Cryptopsaras: Greek, kryptos =secret, hidden + Greek, psaras = fisherman (referring to this genus' tiny illicial bone, almost entirely covered by tissue of the esca) (Ref. 86949); couesii: Named for the eminent ornithologist Elliot Coues (Ref. 4525).
Eponymy: Dr Elliott Ladd Coues (pronounced ‘cows’) (1842–1899) was a US Army Surgeon who graduated from Columbia University (1861) then being appointed Assistant-Surgeon in the army (1864). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 3085 m (Ref. 58018), usually 500 - 1250 m (Ref. 36494). Deep-water; 81°N - 52°S, 180°W - 180°E

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Circumglobal: tropical and subtropical.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4494); 44.0 cm TL (female)

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4 - 5; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 4; Vertebrae: 20. A large median and two small lateral oval caruncles immediately in front of origin of dorsal fin (Ref. 13608). Branchiostegal rays: 6 (Ref. 36494).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Males dwarfed, becoming parasitic on females. Maximum size of free-living males is 1.05 cm (Ref. 4494). Females are oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36494). Eggs are presumably contained in floating gelatinous rafts (Ref. 36494 ).

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Females are oviparous, males are parasitic (Ref. 36494).

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Bertelsen, E., 1990. Ceratiidae. p. 510-512. 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. 1. (Ref. 4494)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2.8 - 10.4, mean 5.6 °C (based on 2308 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.5   ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 58.6 [14.3, 144.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.355 [0.143, 1.175] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [15.4, 21.6] %; Omega3 = 0.237 [0.062, 0.895] g/100g; Selenium = 11.6 [2.7, 41.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 71.7 [6.1, 833.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.655 [0.299, 1.447] mg/100g (wet weight);