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marien pelagic-oceanic; oceanodroom (Ref. 51243); diepte 1 - 50 m (Ref. 108953). Subtropical
Worldwide in tropical and warm waters. Western Atlantic: Texas, USA to Brazil. Eastern Pacific: Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada to Chile (Ref. 2850). Mediterranean reports doubtful (Ref. 13729).
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 76.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 2850)
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 25 - 27; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 20 - 23; Anale stekels: 0; Anale zachte stralen: 20 - 24. Dark blue to slate grey; fins with narrow white edge (Ref. 4389).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Oceanic, mostly in warm seas. Attaches itself only to whales and porpoises (Ref. 7251). One adult couple was recorded attached to the same individual spinner dolphin for a period of about 3 months (Ref. 50801). A common associate of spinner dolphins at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, southeast Atlantic, where it occurs year-round. Recorded feeding on spinner dolphins’ feces and vomits (Ref. 48727).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley, 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5352 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00263 (0.00112 - 0.00617), b=3.17 (2.96 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278) |
3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179) |
Gemiddeld, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 1,4-4,4 jaar (Assuming Fec < 10,000). |
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (45 of 100). 🛈 |
Voedingsstoffen (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 77.4 [43.7, 128.9] mg/100g; Iron = 1.41 [0.88, 2.24] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [17.8, 19.9] %; Omega3 = 0.201 [0.111, 0.358] g/100g; Selenium = 28.8 [15.3, 56.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 10.4 [3.5, 32.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.79 [0.57, 1.10] mg/100g (wet weight); |