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Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Paraliparis: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, liparis = fat (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Robert C Wilson of the US Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, conceived and directed a bottom trawling survey aboard the RV ‘Geronimo off Gabon’, West Africa (1963). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Taxonomic Remarks
Considered as a subspecies in the literature since 1982. Therefore the upraise at species rank here is considered as a provisionally accepted name, until more works are conducted on P. copei susbepcies to fix their status.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 700 - 1830 m (Ref. 30823). Deep-water
Eastern Atlantic: known only from off Gabon and Namibia. Reported from South Africa (Ref. 30823).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 6632)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 63; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 56. Specimens in alcohol: body blackish, head and fins black (Ref. 6632).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Reported in depths of 700 - 1,134 meters (Ref. 51661).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Stein, D.L., 1986. Liparididae. p. 492-494. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 6632)
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 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00525 (0.00238 - 0.01156), b=3.15 (2.96 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100). 🛈 |