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Notosudidae (Waryfishes)
Etymology: Scopelosaurus: Greek, skopelos = a lantern fish + Greek, sauros = lizard (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino benthopelagico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 70 - 2500 m (Ref. 58426). Deep-water; 71°N - 18°S, 81°W - 15°E
North Atlantic: subarctic region to the subtropical latitudes.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.4 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 6552); common length : 35.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 6552)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 11 - 12; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 16 - 19; Vertebre: 59 - 61.
Adults found between 500-800 m depth while the oceanic young stages between 70-200 m (Ref. 6689). Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). The young feeds mainly on copepods while the large ones on euphausiids, hyperiids and mesopelagic fishes. Adults undertake far-ranging feeding migrations (outside the spawning season) to the slope areas of Europe, North America and West Africa. Spawning probably occurs in midwater far offshore, with a concentration in the Sargasso Sea (Ref. 6689).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Krefft, G., 1990. Notosudidae. p. 361-364. 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. 6552)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 1 - 13, mean 5.6 °C (based on 590 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00295 (0.00121 - 0.00721), b=3.18 (2.96 - 3.40), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.38 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).