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Lophotus lacepede Giorna, 1809

Crested oarfish
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South Africa country information

Common names: Crestfish, Kuifvis
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Specimens have been collected from the Cape to Plettenberg Bay (Ref. 4165). Also Ref. 53568.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Heemstra, P.C., 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Poisson-ruban licorne, Crestfish, Crested bandfish, ... more

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> Lampriformes (Velifers, tube-eyes and ribbonfishes) > Lophotidae (Crestfishes)
Etymology: Lophotus: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).

Issue
Species spelling Eschmeyer, pers. comm.

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

marino batipelagico; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 92 m (Ref. 36608).   Deep-water; 51°N - 45°S, 130°W - 158°E

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Nearly worldwide in warmer seas. Western Atlantic: Florida in USA to Brazil (Ref. 7251). Eastern Atlantic: western Mediterranean, off Portugal, Madeira and off Canary Islands; also South Africa (Ref. 4165). Western Indian Ocean: recently recorded from Reunion (Ref. 53568). Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA (Ref. 6740). Also reported from Australia (Ref. 9563).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4165); common length : 100.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3397)

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Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 206 - 263; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 5 - 20; Vertebre: 124 - 153. Head and body silvery in color and possibly with silvery spots; fins red (Ref. 4165).

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

A rare (Ref. 4165), oceanic, mesopelagic species. Occasionally stranded in shallow water (Ref. 9563). Capable of discharging a black ink from an ink-sac in the cloaca when alarmed. Adults feed on fishes (anchovies) and squids (Ref. 6740). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 36608). Found in stomachs of tunas (Ref. 2850).

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Oviparous (Ref. 36608).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Palmer, G., 1986. Lophotidae. p. 734-735. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6740)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 July 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.2 - 26.9, mean 22.1 (based on 1116 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6875   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.5   ±0.67 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).