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Magnisudis atlantica (Krøyer, 1868)

Duckbill barracudina
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > 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 Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 4750 m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water; 69°N - 61°S, 180°W - 180°E

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Circumglobal: From Arctic to Antarctic. Northwest Pacific: Bering Sea, Kamchatka and Kuril Islands (Ref. 41668). Eastern Pacific: southeast Alaska (59°N) to Chile (Ref. 35950). Western Atlantic: 38°N to the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean Sea (Ref. 37039).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 56.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 557); common length : 43.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4473)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 20 - 24; Vertebrae: 60 - 69. Branchiostegal rays: 8.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Oceanic species of medium depth range. Large adults approach the coasts in temperate and polar zones (Ref. 35950). Meso- and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). Spawns throughout the year in tropical and subtropical seas (Ref. 35388). Seems to spawn in the Sargasso Sea. Feed on small fishes and shrimps. Preyed upon by sharks, tuna, and whales.

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Oviparous (Ref. 35950).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Thompson, Bruce | Collaborators

Post, A., 1990. Paralepididae. p. 373-384. 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. 1. (Ref. 4473)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 April 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2 - 7.2, mean 3.8 °C (based on 2973 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 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).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 23.2 [10.6, 67.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.58 [0.21, 1.36] mg/100g; Protein = 15.3 [12.3, 17.7] %; Omega3 = 0.243 [0.077, 0.655] g/100g; Selenium = 28.7 [8.4, 79.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7.9 [1.4, 44.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.347 [0.208, 0.564] mg/100g (wet weight);