Italy country information

Common names: Fuchista, Musdea di fondo, Mustinedda
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 3397.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/it.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990
National Database: ICTIMED

Common names from other countries

Mostelle à plumet, Largeye lepidion, Morid cod, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Moridae (Morid cods)
Etymology: Lepidion: Greek, lepis = scale (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Risso.

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 127 - 2307 m (Ref. 104125), usually 500 - 900 m (Ref. 57668). Deep-water; 44°N - 38°N, 1°W - 17°E

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Mediterranean Sea: northwestern region.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 29.5, range 20 - ? cm
Max length : 88.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41039)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. Posterior nostril immediately anterior to eye. Lateral line system on head with pit but no pores. Pyloric caeca 8 to 10.

Most abundant in waters deeper than 750 m and feeds mainly on benthic organismsm crustaceans and also on polychaetes. Caught singly but also in aggregations of more than 100 individuals (Ref. 1371). Parasites of the species include trematodes, cestodes, nematodes, acanthocephalans and copepods; attached in the intestines, gills and fins (Ref. 5951). Minimum depth (Ref. 58426).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Barros-García, D., R. Bañon, J.-C. Arronte and A. de Carlos, 2016. New data reinforcing the taxonomic status of Lepidion eques as synonym of Lepidion lepidion (Teleostei, Gadiformes). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 68(2016):6-10. (Ref. 109127)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 July 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Lepidion lepidion (Risso, 1810)