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Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) >
Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Cataetyx: Greek, kata = down + Greek, etix, stixo, stizo = to prick, to puncture.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 500 - 2400 m (Ref. 34024). Deep-water; 64°N - 36°S, 29°W - 35°E
Eastern Atlantic: scattered localities around the British Isles, Azores and France, along the coast of West Africa to the Cape of Good Hope; also recorded from the western Mediterranean. Reported from Iceland (Ref. 12462). Reported from the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 37039).
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm 35.0, range 30 - 40 cm
Max length : 65.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 37039)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 98 - 107; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 75 - 83; Vertèbres: 60 - 61. Branchiostegal rays 8.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Uncommon bathydemersal or benthopelagic species (Ref. 34024). Viviparous (Ref. 4758).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00468 (0.00186 - 0.01174), b=3.03 (2.81 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
High vulnerability (56 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutriments (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 22.5 [12.7, 52.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.415 [0.209, 0.860] mg/100g; Protein = 15.7 [13.2, 18.1] %; Omega3 = 0.282 [0.140, 0.581] g/100g; Selenium = 31.4 [12.0, 77.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7.14 [1.37, 35.40] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.463 [0.287, 0.731] mg/100g (wet weight); |