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Common names: Red whalefish, Velvet whalefish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: of no interest | Ref: Tolley, S.G., J.V. Gartner Jr. and T.M. Lancraft, 1989
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref: Tolley, S.G., J.V. Gartner Jr. and T.M. Lancraft, 1989
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Based from 1 specimen captured off northern central California. A single specimen, collected from a depth of 820 m in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico represents only the second individual reported from Gulf waters (Ref. 29076). Museum: MCZ 41340, 15.1 cm, 29°05'N, 88°09'W. (Ref. 29076). Known from North Pacific Ocean off Washington and California (Ref. 95175).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Common names from other countries

Red whalefish, Redvelvet whalefish, Barburiis, ... more

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> Beryciformes (Sawbellies) > Barbourisiidae (Velvet whalefishes)
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 120 - 2000 m (Ref. 50610). Deep-water

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Throughout the world ocean in tropical and temperate latitudes (Ref. 9842). Eastern Atlantic: one specimen from off Cape Bojador south of the Canary Islands; unrecorded specimens taken between Guinea and Angola. Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 29076). Western Indian Ocean: off Madagascar. Eastern Pacific: one specimen captured off northern central California, USA (Ref. 2850). Western Pacific: Japan to New Caledonia, Australia (Ref. 7300) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5951)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 19 - 22; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 15 - 18. Mouth large, maxillary extending far beyond eye (Ref. 559) Lower jaw projecting beyond the upper (Ref. 559). Teeth on both jaws broad villiform bands (Ref. 559). Body and each fin with minute spinules, the surface velvety to the touch. Lateral line opening as distinct pores (Ref. 559).

Juveniles mesopelagic, adults benthopelagic. Presumably feed on crustaceans.

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Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Paxton, John | Colaboradores

Paxton, J.R. and D.J. Blake, 1990. Barbourisiidae. p. 606. 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. 4500)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 July 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: sin interés

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3 - 12.3, mean 7.1 (based on 2015 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.41 se; based on food items.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).

Barbourisia rufa Parr, 1945