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Barbourisia rufa Parr, 1945

Velvet whalefish
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> Beryciformes (Sawbellies) > Barbourisiidae (Velvet whalefishes)
Eponymy: Dr Thomas Barbour (1884–1946) was an American zoologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 120 - 2000 m (Ref. 50610). Deep-water

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Throughout the world ocean in tropical and temperate latitudes (Ref. 9842). Eastern Atlantic: one specimen from off Cape Bojador south of the Canary Islands; unrecorded specimens taken between Guinea and Angola. Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 29076). Western Indian Ocean: off Madagascar. Eastern Pacific: one specimen captured off northern central California, USA (Ref. 2850). Western Pacific: Japan to New Caledonia, Australia (Ref. 7300) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5951)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 19 - 22; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 15 - 18. Mouth large, maxillary extending far beyond eye (Ref. 559) Lower jaw projecting beyond the upper (Ref. 559). Teeth on both jaws broad villiform bands (Ref. 559). Body and each fin with minute spinules, the surface velvety to the touch. Lateral line opening as distinct pores (Ref. 559).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Juveniles mesopelagic, adults benthopelagic. Presumably feed on crustaceans.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Paxton, John | Collaboratori

Paxton, J.R. and D.J. Blake, 1990. Barbourisiidae. p. 606. 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. 4500)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 July 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 3 - 12.3, mean 7.1 °C (based on 2015 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.41 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 32.8 [16.5, 71.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.573 [0.294, 1.067] mg/100g; Protein = 17.1 [15.9, 18.3] %; Omega3 = 0.52 [0.27, 0.97] g/100g; Selenium = 28 [13, 60] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7.76 [1.87, 31.35] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.499 [0.344, 0.736] mg/100g (wet weight);