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Chimaeridae (Shortnose chimaeras or ratfishes)
Etymology: Hydrolagus: hydro-, combining form of hydor (Gr.), water; lagos (Gr.), hare, i.e., “water rabbit,” probably referring to three pairs of tooth plates, which tend to protrude from the mouth like a rabbit’s incisors (See ETYFish); lusitanicus: -icus (L.), belonging to: Lusitania, ancient name of Portugal, where it was initially identified (See ETYFish).
Taxonomic Remarks
Questionably a new species (Didier pers. obs. in Barnett et al., 2006: Ref. 57880).
Miljö: miljö / Klimatzon / djupintervall / distributionsområde
Ekologi
marina djupbottenlevande; djupintervall ? - 1600 m (Ref. 55857). Deep-water; 41°N - 36°N, 10°W - 8°W (Ref. 55857)
Northeast Atlantic: Portugal.
Storlek / Vikt / Ålder
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 95.4 cm OT hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 55857); 117.7 cm OT (female)
Kort beskrivning
Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri
Second dorsal fin margin straight; eyes smaller than one third of the head length. Supracaudal fin less deep or equal to subcaudal fin; eye diameter always <5 times in head length. Pectoral fin length from 1-9 to 2-3 times of pectoral fin width.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Maximal length type is pre supra caudal fin length.
Nothing is known on the biology of the species.
Body uniform rose to light brown with few small irregular light and dark spots; point of snout and region between the eye and the pectoral fin whitish; fins violet blue.
Livscykel och parningsbeteende
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fekunditet | Larver
Moura, T., I. Figueiredo, P. Bordolo-Machado, C. Almeida and L.S. Gordo, 2005. A new deep-water chimaerid species, Hydrolagus lusitanicus n. sp., from off mainland Portugal with a proposal of a new identification key for the genus Hydrolagus (Holocephali: Chimaeridae) in the north-east Atlantic. J. Fish Biol. 67(3):742-751. (Ref. 55857)
Status på IUCN:s rödlista (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Index för fylogenetisk mångfald (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00331 (0.00137 - 0.00798), b=3.07 (2.87 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278) |
3.9 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliens (Ref. 120179) |
Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (Deepwater species with few large eggs.). |
Sårbarhet i fisket (Ref. 59153) |
High vulnerability (58 of 100). 🛈 |