Polymixia lowei, Beardfish : fisheries

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Polymixia lowei Günther, 1859

Beardfish
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Polymixiiformes (Beardfishes) > Polymixiidae (Beardfishes)
Etymology: Polymixia: Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek, myxos = mucus (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

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

Θαλασσινό(ά) βαθύβιο(ς); εύρος βάθους 50 - 600 m (Ref. 5217), usually 150 - 600 m (Ref. 5217). Deep-water; 41°N - 4°N

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Point map | Εισαγωγές | Faunafri

Western Atlantic: Canada to New York, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to the Antilles (Ref. 26340) and French Guiana.

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.4 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 39376); common length : 15.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 5217)

Short description Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία

Ραχιαίες άκανθες (συνολικά): 5; Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά): 26-32; Εδρικές άκανθες 4; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 15; Σπόνδυλοι: 29 - 30. Tip of snout projecting beyond upper jaw (Ref. 13608). Body elongate. Head blunt and rounded. Head and body bluish gray (Ref. 37108). Body with metallic blue shin above, silvery below (Ref. 7251).

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Found on soft bottoms (Ref. 5217).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

Main reference Upload your references | Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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