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Etymology: Nemichthys: Greek, nema, -atos = filament + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); scolopaceus: From the Latin 'scolopax' referring to the long bill-like jaws (Ref. 6885).
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin bathypélagique; profondeur 0 - 4337 m (Ref. 96339), usually 100 - 1000 m (Ref. 58302). Deep-water; 55°N - 42°S, 180°W - 180°E

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Worldwide in tropical and temperate seas. Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: Spain to South Africa, including western Mediterranean (Ref. 3247); reported from Iceland (Ref. 12462). Regularly found in the Skagerrak (Ref. 35387). Northwest Pacific: Japan (Ref. 6885) and Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819). Eastern Pacific: Alaska (Ref. 6885) to Chile (Ref. 9068), including the Gulf of California (Ref. 32364).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 130 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 35388)

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Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Épines anales: 0. Jaws long (Ref. 13608). Posterior end of body narrow, ending as a long filament (Ref. 13608). Dorsal fin with about 350 rays; caudal fin not recognizable; anal fin with about 320 (Ref. 6885). Dark brown or grey in color, often darker below (Ref. 3248); anal fin and tips of pectoral fins almost black (Ref. 6885).

Occur in midwater, usually below 400 m and occasionally in shallow water in the northern part of its range. Feed on crustaceans while swimming with its mouth open (Ref. 5377). Mesopelagic (Ref. 58302) and bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Oviparous, with planktonic leptocephali (Ref. 32364). Degenerative changes in males and females suggest semelparity (Ref. 32364). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.

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Oviparous (Ref. 3247).

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Nielsen, J.G. and D.G. Smith, 1978. The eel family Nemichthyidae (Pisces, Anguilliformes). Carlsberg Found., Dana-Rept. No. 88:71 p. (Ref. 7450)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 July 2014

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Not Evaluated

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Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

Harmless

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Pêcheries: sans intérêt

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 4.3 - 21.1, mean 10.2 °C (based on 3474 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.6270 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Niveau trophique (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.

Generation time: 3.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.

Résilience (Ref. 120179): Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (K=0.30; assuming semelparity with tm>5).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 19 [6, 42] mg/100g; Iron = 0.295 [0.130, 0.805] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [15.8, 21.0] %; Omega3 = 0.177 [0.057, 0.572] g/100g; Selenium = 34.9 [11.9, 103.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 9.08 [1.04, 75.23] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.379 [0.201, 0.745] mg/100g (wet weight);

Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848