Schedophilus velaini, Violet warehou

Schedophilus velaini (Sauvage, 1879)

Violet warehou
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Centrolophidae (Medusafishes)
Etymology: Schedophilus: Name from Greek words 'phylos' (Φίλος), t) meaning 'one who likes' and "s 'shedia' (Σχεδία) which means raft; literally means 'the one who likes rafts'. This probably refers to the lifestyle ot the juveniles of this genus (Michail Ragousis, mar10091@marine.aegean.gr, pers. Comm. 01/16) which are epipelagic and associate with floating jellyfish.
Eponymy: Charles Vélain (1845–1925) was a French geographer and geologist, and particularly an expert on volcanism. He took part in a mission to Saint Paul Island (1874) in the southern Indian Ocean, which is the type locality of this fish. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Sauvage.

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 40 - 240 m (Ref. 27121), usually 80 - 240 m (Ref. 27121). Deep-water; 2°N - 45°S, 180°W - 180°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea (Ref. 2683), St. Helena, Vema Seamount, Tristan da Cunha and South Africa. Western Indian Ocean: St. Paul and Amsterdam islands. Southwest Pacific: Australia (including Lord Howe Island), New Zealand (Ref. 5755) and Rapa Island. Southeast Pacific: Easter Island, Juan Fernandez Islands.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27121)

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Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26 - 29; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 18 - 20. Dark green dorsally, silvery laterally and ventrally; juveniles mottled (Ref. 11228).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found near islands (Ref. 27000). Feeds on planktonic salps, cephalopods and small fishes (Ref. 11228). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 11228.

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Heemstra, P.C., 1995. Additions and corrections for the 1995 impression. p. v-xv. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Revised Edition of Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 11228)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 May 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00871 (0.00394 - 0.01927), b=3.10 (2.90 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		4.2   ±0.57 se; based on food items.
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		High vulnerability (61 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients
(Ref. 124155) 		Calcium = 18 [7, 40] mg/100g; Iron = 0.301 [0.138, 0.809] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [16.9, 20.8] %; Omega3 = 0.176 [0.072, 0.406] g/100g; Selenium = 15.4 [5.8, 39.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 25.9 [3.5, 202.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.375 [0.213, 0.736] mg/100g (wet weight);