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Common names: Bluefin driftfish, Dérivant gélatineux
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Golani, D., L. Orsi Relini, E. Massutí and J.-P. Quignard, 2002
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the Gulf of Lions and Provence.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Béarez, P., P. Pruvost, É. Feunteun, S. Iglésias, P. Francour, R. Causse, J. De Mazières, S. Tercerie and N. Bailly, 2017
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Scissortail, Eyebrow, Dérivant gélatineux, ... more

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Nomeidae (Driftfishes)
Etymology: Psenes: Greek, psenos, -e, -on = without hair (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Lütken.

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range ? - 1000 m (Ref. 9563). Deep-water; 42°N - 24°N

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Atlantic, Indian and Pacific.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4412)

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Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27 - 33; Anal spines: 2 - 3; Anal soft rays: 26 - 33; Vertebrae: 40 - 44. Adults dark brown to deep purple in color; eye dark blue. Young translucent with brown spots; first dorsal fin dark (Ref. 4412).

Oceanic species (Ref. 6891). Associated with jellyfish (Ref. 7251) and floating weed patches (Ref. 6891). Large adults may be benthic on continental slopes (Ref. 6891). Feeds on zooplankton and small pelagic fishes (Ref. 4777).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Haedrich, R.L., 1986. Nomeidae. p. 846-850. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4412)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 January 2013

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.9 - 19.3, mean 12.9 (based on 181 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5313 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.9 ±0.53 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming tmax>10).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Psenes pellucidus Lütken, 1880