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Lophotidae (Crestfishes)
Etymology: Lophotus: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Bernard Germaine Etienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède (also spelled La Cepède) (1756– 1825), was a French naturalist and politician. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Taxonomic Remarks
Junior synonym Lophotus cristatus Johnson, 1863 is considered a valid species. Please send
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; océanodrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 0 - 92 m (Ref. 36608). Deep-water; 51°N - 45°S, 130°W - 158°E
Northeastern Atlantic and western Mediterranean.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4165); common length : 100.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3397)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 206 - 263; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 5 - 20; Vertèbres: 124 - 153. Head and body silvery in color and possibly with silvery spots; fins red (Ref. 4165).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
A rare (Ref. 4165), oceanic, mesopelagic species. Occasionally stranded in shallow water (Ref. 9563). Capable of discharging a black ink from an ink-sac in the cloaca when alarmed. Adults feed on fishes (anchovies) and squids (Ref. 6740). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 36608). Found in stomachs of tunas (Ref. 2850).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Heemstra, P.C., E. Heemstra, D.A. Ebert, W. Holleman and J.E. Randall (eds.), 2022. Coastal fishes of the Western Indian Ocean Vol. 2. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, a National Research Facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF-SAIAB), 763 p. (Ref. 127961)
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 = 0.5938 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
4.5 ±0.67 se; based on food items. |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Very high vulnerability (82 of 100). 🛈 |