Issue
Genus in Ref. 9875.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
marien bathypelagisch; diepte 200 - 1497 m (Ref. 27311), usually 200 - 400 m (Ref. 33679). Deep-water; 39°N - 21°S
Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical seas. Eastern Atlantic: south of Portugal to Madeira. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 27768). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). Northwest Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559). Southwest Pacific: New Zealand (Ref. 5755). Eastern Pacific: California Current region (Ref. 35604).
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.5 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 4459)
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 0; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 9 - 11; Anale stekels: 0; Anale zachte stralen: 18 - 21; Wervels: 48 - 53. Head and body silver when fresh; no scale pocket markings; lateral line indistinct (Ref. 13608). Slender body. Jaws rounded and subequal at the tips (Ref. 37473). Body strongly elongated with almost equal depth. Caudal peduncle short and relatively narrow. Pectorals short, far from reaching origin of dorsal fin. Radial pattern noticeable at the hind lower part of operculum. Few gill rakers on the inner surface of epibranchial of first gill arch (Ref. 33679).
Mesopelagic (Ref. 58302). Usually caught in small aggregations (Ref. 6345). Exhibits daily vertical migrations (Ref. 6345). Feeds on plankton (Ref. 6345).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Cohen, D.M., 1990. Bathylagidae. p. 239-240. 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. 4459)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: van geen belang
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 8.8 - 19, mean 13 °C (based on 406 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00525 (0.00219 - 0.01260), b=3.01 (2.80 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): Gemiddeld, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 1,4-4,4 jaar (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (11 of 100).
