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Halosauridae (Halosaurs)
Etymology: Halosaurus: Greek, als, alis = salt + Greek, sauros = lizard (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: James Yate Johnson (1820–1900) was a British naturalist who moved to Madeira (1851) and spent the rest of his life there. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Vaillant.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 680 - 2200 m (Ref. 27000). Deep-water; 4°C - 11°C (Ref. 4448); 40°N - 20°N, 32°W - 5°W
Eastern Atlantic: southern Spain and Portugal to Mauritania including the Azores and Canary Islands.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4448)
Found on the continental slope. Feeds on copepods (Ref. 4448). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 4448.
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
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 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=0.00087 (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) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100). 🛈 |