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Trachipterus trachypterus (Gmelin, 1789)

Mediterranean dealfish
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Chile country information

Common names: Pez cinta
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Patagonian region (Ref. 27363).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ci.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nakamura, I., T. Inada, M. Takeda and H. Hatanaka, 1986
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Common names from other countries

Poisson ruban, Traquíptero, 粗鳍鱼, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Lampriformes (Velifers, tube-eyes and ribbonfishes) > Trachipteridae (Ribbonfishes)
Etymology: Trachipterus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Gmelin.

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

marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 100 - 600 m (Ref. 50610).   Deep-water; 45°N - 48°S, 76°W - 153°W

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Eastern Atlantic: western Mediterranean and from Morocco to Namibia; also off Table Bay, South Africa (Ref. 2713). Western Pacific: Japan and New Zealand. Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 27363).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 300 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4506)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 145-184. Silvery in color except for front of head, interorbital area, dorsal part of upper jaw, and tip of lower jaw which are black (Ref. 2713). Dusky blotch usually seen on body at bases of 20-28th dorsal rays (Ref. 2713).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

A rare (Ref. 2713), mesopelagic species. Feeds on squid and midwater fishes (Ref. 6392). Swims with head up (Ref. 36731). Eggs and larvae are found frequently near the surface (Ref. 6392).

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

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Aguiar, A. and J.-C. Quéro, 1990. Trachipteridae. p. 647-649. 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. 4506)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 May 2013

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.9 - 20.5, mean 13.5 (based on 543 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5166   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  2.9   ±0.25 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Assuming tmax>10).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.