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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Etymology: Helicolenus: Greek, helike, -es = spiral + Greek, lenos, -ou = cavity (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 50 - 1100 m (Ref. 41452), usually 150 - 600 m (Ref. 84778). Deep-water; 70°N - 46°S

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Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to Venezuela. Eastern Atlantic: Iceland (Ref. 12462) and Norway to the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Guinea, including Madeira, the Azores, and the Canary Islands; also Walvis Bay, Namibia to Natal, South Africa (Ref. 4313).

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Maturity: L_m 32.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 89108); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4510); max. published weight: 1.6 kg (Ref. 40637); max. reported age: 43 years (Ref. 41452)

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Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5. Pinkish with faint dusky bars; Y-shaped dark bar between soft dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 4313).

Adults are found in soft bottom areas of the continental shelf and upper slope. They feed on both benthic and pelagic organisms (crustaceans, fishes, cephalopods, and echinoderms) (Ref. 4570). The reproductive mode is a zygoparous form of oviparity, intermediate between oviparity and viviparity (Ref. 36265, 79712). Larvae and juveniles are pelagic (Ref. 4570). Anterolateral glandular grooves with venom gland (Ref. 57406). Sold fresh (Ref. 27121).

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The reproductive mode is a zygoparous form of oviparity, intermediate between oviparity and viviparity (Ref. 36265, 79712). Eggs covered with gelatinous material are fertilised in the ovary. Eggs are released into the seabed at various stages of development and larvae assumes a planktonic existence once the gelatinous covering dissolves (Ref. 31150).

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Eschmeyer, W.N. and L.J. Dempster, 1990. Scorpaenidae. p. 665-679. 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. 4510)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 May 2013

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Venomous (Ref. 57406)

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Fisheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 4 - 18.1, mean 10.6 °C (based on 1236 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00911 - 0.01203), b=3.08 (3.04 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.

Generation time: 9.6 (7.0 - 14.1) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 18 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.06-0.2; tm=13-16; tmax=43).

Prior r = 0.40, 95% CL = 0.27 - 0.61, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High to very high vulnerability (68 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 19.7 [7.7, 55.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.376 [0.168, 0.881] mg/100g; Protein = 16.7 [14.9, 18.7] %; Omega3 = 0.561 [0.214, 1.568] g/100g; Selenium = 21.7 [8.2, 65.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.6 [3.1, 72.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.495 [0.271, 0.819] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809)