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Pentanchidae (Deepwater catsharks)
Etymology: Apristurus: a-, Latin privative, i.e., without; pristis, from pristes (Gr.), sawyer (but here meaning saw); oura (Gr.), tail, referring to absence of saw-toothed crest of enlarged dermal denticles along upper edge of caudal fin as found in the closely related Pristiurus (=Galeus) (See ETYFish); laurussonii: In honor of Saemundsson’s friend Gísli Lárusson (1865-1935), goldsmith, watchmaker, farmer and nature enthusiast, for his “long and invaluable support of the study of Icelandic fishes, and for carefully encouraging the skillful fishermen of Vestmannaeyjar Island [near type locality]” (translation) (See ETYFish).
Eponymy: Gísli Láurusson (1865–1935) was an Icelander described as ‘Hr Direktur’. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Miljö: miljö / Klimatzon / djupintervall / distributionsområde
Ekologi
marina djupbottenlevande; djupintervall 560 - 1550 m (Ref. 97621). Deep-water; 67°N - 11°N, 98°W - 11°E (Ref. 56872)
Western Atlantic: Massachusetts and Delaware, USA and the northern Gulf of Mexico. Eastern Atlantic: Iceland, southwestern Ireland, Canary Islands and Madeira.
Storlek / Vikt / Ålder
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 76.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 97621); 69.0 cm TL (female)
Fairly common on the upper continental slopes, usually over mud or other soft sea bottom (Ref. 9996). Oviparous (Ref. 50449).
Livscykel och parningsbeteende
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fekunditet | Larver
Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).
Compagno, L.J.V., 1999. Checklist of living elasmobranchs. p. 471-498. In W.C. Hamlett (ed.) Sharks, skates, and rays: the biology of elasmobranch fishes. Johns Hopkins University Press, Maryland. (Ref. 35766)
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=0.00347 (0.00171 - 0.00701), b=3.09 (2.91 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278) |
4.0 ±0.6 se; based on diet studies. |
Resiliens (Ref. 120179) |
Mycket låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mer än 14 år (Fec assumed to be <10). |
Sårbarhet i fisket (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100). 🛈 |
Näringsämnen (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 9.53 [1.72, 58.09] mg/100g; Iron = 0.338 [0.075, 1.163] mg/100g; Protein = 18.8 [16.7, 21.0] %; Omega3 = 0.234 [0.090, 0.612] g/100g; Selenium = 16.1 [4.9, 53.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.11 [1.23, 28.29] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.296 [0.148, 0.550] mg/100g (wet weight); |