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Saccopharyngiformes (Swallowers and gulpers) >
Saccopharyngidae (Swallowers)
Etymology: Saccopharynx: Latin, sacculus = small bag + Greek, pharyngx = pharynx (Ref. 45335); berteli: Named for Erik Bertelsen (Bertel), for his many contributions to the knowledge of deep sea fishes.
Eponymy: Dr Erik ‘Bertel’ Bertelsen (1912–1993) was a celebrated Danish fisheries biologist and ichthyologist at the Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Tighe & Nielsen.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 1100 m (Ref. 36344). Deep-water
Eastern Central Pacific. High Seas only.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 89.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 36344)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Saccopharynx berteli differs from all other species by the anterior position of the origin of the dorsal and anal fins (predorsal length 9.3 % and preanal length 11.5 % of TL); origin of "white lines" closer to snout than to pectoral fins; caudal organ slender and simple; nine body filaments longer than 1.5 mm and no isolated spots of photogenic tissue in front of caudal region; dorsal fin rays 235+; anal fin rays 257+ (Ref. 36344).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
This species was caught in an open IKMT between 1100 meters and the surface (Ref. 36344).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Tighe, K.A. and J.G. Nielsen, 2000. Saccopharynx berteli, a new gulper eel from the Pacific Ocean (Teleostei, Saccopharyngidae). Ichthyol. Res. 47(1):39-41. (Ref. 36344)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
4.2 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100). 🛈 |