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Melamphaidae (Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads)
Etymology: Scopelogadus: Greek, skopelos = a lantern fish + Latin, gadus = a fish; cod? (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1846–1916) was an American ichthyologist and elder brother of B A Bean who was also an ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Günther.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser bathypelagisch; tiefenbereich 0 - 2500 m (Ref. 9731). Deep-water; 65°N - 40°S
Southwest Pacific: New South Wales, Australia (Ref. 7300) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755). Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068). Also in the Atlantic and southern Indian Oceans.
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.2 cm SL (female)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 2; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 10 - 11; Afterflossenstacheln: 1; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 7 - 9. Caudal peduncle relatively long. Lower 4th gill arch with the inter-raker spaces with spines (Ref. 37108).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
One of the largest and deepest-dwelling melamphid species. Feeds mainly on pelagic prey. Captured by bottom and midwater trawls (Ref. 26478). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | Larven
Maul, G.E., 1990. Melamphaidae. p. 612-618. 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. 2. (Ref. 4502)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: nicht kommerziell
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01096 (0.00451 - 0.02668), b=3.10 (2.89 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophische Ebene (Ref. 69278) |
3.9 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies. |
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179) |
mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (Assuming tm=2-4). |
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref. 59153) |
High vulnerability (57 of 100). 🛈 |
Nährstoffe (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 34.5 [13.1, 141.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.386 [0.137, 1.251] mg/100g; Protein = 2.82 [0.00, 6.79] %; Omega3 = 0.283 [0.079, 0.959] g/100g; Selenium = 7.55 [2.25, 30.78] μg/100g; VitaminA = 119 [15, 1,103] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.745 [0.387, 1.553] mg/100g (wet weight); |