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Halosauridae (Halosaurs)
Etymology: Aldrovandia: Taken from Ulisse Aldrovandi, (1522-1605), a Renaissance naturalist and physician noted by his systematic and accurate observations of plants and animals (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605) was an Italian naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 1200 - 1900 m (Ref. 4448). Deep-water; 37°N - 9°S, 74°W - 6°W
Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea region. Western Atlantic: off Virginia, USA to Bahamas, Venezuela and the Guianas. Eastern Central Pacific (Ref. 9305) and Chile (Ref. 9068).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 52.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4448)
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 9 - 10. Anus white, surrounded by dark field; body dark brown, head black (Ref. 13608).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Found at bathyal depths. Feeds on polychaetes. Males exhibits black tubular anterior nostrils and enlarged posterior nostrils when approaching breeding condition.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Sulak, K.J., 1990. Halosauridae. p. 126-132. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4448)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00087 (0.00033 - 0.00228), b=3.07 (2.84 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.26 se; based on food items. |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (Assuming tmax>10). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100). 🛈 |