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Gempylidae (Snake mackerels)
Etymology: Thyrsitops: Greek, thyrsites, -ou = stalk of a plant, an ornament like a pine cone borne by Bacchus + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur 30 - 350 m (Ref. 36453). Subtropical; 15°S - 43°S, 77°W - 40°W (Ref. 6181)
Southwest Atlantic: off Rio de Janeiro (Ref. 47377), southern Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Southeast Pacific: off Chile.
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?, range 25 - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 6181); common length : 25.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 6181)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 17 - 18; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 13 - 15; Épines anales: 1; Rayons mous anaux: 15 - 17; Vertèbres: 33. Lateral line single, slightly curving anteriorly, then fairly straight and oblique. Body is dark blue with metallic tint (Ref. 6181).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Mesobenthopelagic (Ref. 47377). Inhabits the continental slope (Ref. 6181). Feeds on small fishes (Ref. 6181) and euphausiids (Ref. 47377). Since 1980, no catches have been reported, except for 21 t caught in 1990 by Argentina (Ref. 6181). Good for smoked fish and fish and chips (Ref. 6181).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes,. scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: intérêt commercial mineur
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00708 (0.00397 - 0.01261), b=2.95 (2.78 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.9 ±0.63 se; based on food items. |
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Generation time |
3.1 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (K=0.35; Assuming tm=2-4). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100). 🛈 |
Vulnérabilité climatique (Ref. 125649) |
Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100). 🛈 |
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766) |
High.
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Nutriments (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 56.1 [28.8, 110.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.937 [0.484, 1.779] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [15.7, 19.7] %; Omega3 = 0.418 [0.265, 0.639] g/100g; Selenium = 35.2 [19.6, 65.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 29 [12, 80] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.69 [0.52, 0.94] mg/100g (wet weight); |