Trachyscorpia cristulata (Goode & Bean, 1896)
Atlantic thornyhead
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastolobinae
Etymology: Trachyscorpia: Greek, trachys, -eia, y = rough + Greek, skorpis, idos = a kind of fish without identification (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Goode & Bean.
Etymology: Trachyscorpia: Greek, trachys, -eia, y = rough + Greek, skorpis, idos = a kind of fish without identification (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Goode & Bean.
Taxonomic Remarks
In almost all references, Trachyscorpia cristulata is mentioned by its subspecies (see ECoF), that we tentatively recognized here at species rank, T.c. cristulata (West Atlantic) and T.c. echinata (East Atlantic) until further work clarify the situation. So, one has to exercise caution with respect to the information that are attached to Trachyscorpia cristulata as a species.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 130 - 1389 m (Ref. 7251). Subtropical; 60°N - 23°N, 98°W - 1°W
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Florida in USA.
Size / Weight / Age
Anterolateral glandular grooves with venom gland (Ref. 57406).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 27 July 2015
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Venomous (Ref. 57406)
Human uses
FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us
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Anatomy
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Body composition
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Swimming type
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Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
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Genetics
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Genome
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Human related
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Aquaculture systems
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Stamps, coins, misc.
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Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | National databases | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00912 (0.00401 - 0.02074), b=3.09 (2.89 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.9 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100). 🛈 |
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Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100). 🛈 |
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Nutrients (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 57.3 [19.4, 152.6] mg/100g; Iron = 1.07 [0.46, 2.22] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [16.2, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.651 [0.284, 1.689] g/100g; Selenium = 48.4 [21.4, 128.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 21.9 [7.2, 70.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.671 [0.376, 1.057] mg/100g (wet weight); |