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Paralepididae (Barracudinas)
Etymology: Magnisudis: Latin, magnus = large + Latin, sudis = esox, fish of the Rhine, cited by Plinius 9.15; it also means "stake" (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 0 - 1000 m (Ref. 4056), usually 300 - 800 m. Deep-water; 20°S - 60°S
Probably circumglobal in the Southern Ocean from about 20°S to Antarctica. Specimens south of the Antarctic Convergence probably expatriated.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4056)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 9 - 11; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 22 - 25. Body pale with brownish dorsal band (Ref. 4056).
Vertically, juveniles occur from near surface to about 200 m and adults down to 1,000 m but mainly between 300-800 m. Feeds mainly on fishes.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Post, A., 1990. Paralepididae. p. 138-141. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5176)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 2.7 - 9.9, mean 6.8 (based on 393 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00224 (0.00090 - 0.00555), b=3.14 (2.92 - 3.36), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).