Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus (Woods, 1961)
Western luminous roughy
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Trachichthyidae (Slimeheads)
Etymology: Aulotrachichthys: Greek, aulos = flute + Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough.
Etymology: Aulotrachichthys: Greek, aulos = flute + Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 229 - ? m (Ref. 26282). Deep-water
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Southwest Atlantic: off Amazon River mouth, northern Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 9. Body slender. Head slightly longer than deep. Snout blunt and rounded. Back and sides light reddish brown, lower sides dark gray to black (Ref. 37108).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Moore, Jon A. | Collaborators
Moore, J.A., 2003. Trachichthyidae.Slimeheads (roughies). p. 1184-1188. In K.E. Carpenter (ed.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 2: Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). (Ref. 51171)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2018
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Body composition
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Human related
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Aquaculture systems
Aquaculture profiles
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Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
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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 | 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 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.01072 (0.00427 - 0.02691), b=3.03 (2.81 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.2 ±0.73 se; based on food items. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100). 🛈 |