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Alepocephaliformes (Slickheads and tubeshoulders) >
Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Etymology: Xenodermichthys: Greek, xenos = strange + Greek, derma = skin + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897) was an American palaeontologist, anatomist, herpetologist and ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gill.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 100 - 2650 m (Ref. 4460), usually 100 - 1230 m (Ref. 47377). Deep-water; 70°N - 56°S, 90°W - 180°E (Ref. 57340)
Atlantic Ocean: widely distributed, ranging north to Iceland in the eastern section (Ref. 4460). Pacific Ocean: on both sides, in tropical waters; Tasman Sea. Indian Ocean: including Great Australian Bight.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 57911)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 27 - 31; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 26 - 30. Nodular luminous organ present sporadically on body; no luminous organ on shoulder (Ref. 13608).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Usually found near continental slopes (Ref. 4736). Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Feeds primarily on crustaceans (euphausiids, copepods, amphipods and decapod zoea), also ostracods and small cephalopods (Ref. 4736).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Markle, D.F., 1986. Alepocephalidae. p. 218-223. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 2711)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00339 (0.00162 - 0.00707), b=3.19 (3.00 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.2 ±0.35 se; based on food items. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assuming tmax>3). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 18.9 [5.2, 84.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.422 [0.123, 1.324] mg/100g; Protein = 14 [11, 17] %; Omega3 = 0.165 [0.052, 0.541] g/100g; Selenium = 12.8 [3.5, 51.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 37.4 [5.1, 305.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.561 [0.250, 1.389] mg/100g (wet weight); |