Alepocephalus rostratus, Risso's smooth-head

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Alepocephalus rostratus Risso, 1820

Risso's smooth-head
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Alepocephaliformes (Slickheads and tubeshoulders.) > Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Etymology: Alepocephalus: Greek, alepos, alepidotos = without scales + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Risso.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 300 - 2250 m (Ref. 28822). Deep-water; 64°N - 17°S, 22°W - 22°E (Ref. 57317)

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: northeast Atlantic and western Mediterranean to Cape Verde (Ref. 4736); Morocco to Cameroon, then from Angola to Namibia (Ref. 4460).

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 27.7  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4460); edad máxima reportada: 23 años (Ref. 32893)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 16 - 20; Espinas anales 17-20

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found over soft bottoms (Ref. 4736). Feeds on pelagic crustaceans like euphausiids, decapods and mysids (Ref. 27637).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Markle, D.F., 1981. Family Alepocephalidae. In W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part). Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and FAO. vols. 1-7. pag. var. (Ref. 2719)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 July 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesquerías: sin interés
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Género, Especie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Bases de datos nacionales | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia: Go, búsqueda | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 4.5 - 13.5, mean 8.5 °C (based on 237 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00316 (0.00191 - 0.00524), b=3.17 (3.02 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 13.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Muy bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo superior a 14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (60 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low vulnerability (12 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 20.6 [11.0, 59.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.387 [0.145, 1.009] mg/100g; Protein = 11.5 [9.6, 14.7] %; Omega3 = 0.41 [0.16, 1.12] g/100g; Selenium = 26.1 [10.0, 66.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.7 [2.6, 62.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.436 [0.272, 0.726] mg/100g (wet weight);