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Bathylagidae (Deep-sea smelts)
Etymology: Bathylagus: Greek, bathys = deep + Greek, lagos = hare (Ref. 45335); pacificus: Named after the Pacific Ocean (Ref. 6885).
More on author: Gilbert.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
समुद्री बैथीपिलाजिक; गहराई सीमा 600 - 7700 m (Ref. 50610), usually 600 - 800 m (Ref. 28981). Deep-water; 61°N - 27°N, 140°E - 114°W
Pacific: off the Pacific coast of northern Japan and the Bering Sea to the Gulf of Alaska southward to northern Baja California, Mexico.
आकार / वज़न / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.0 cm SL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 4525)
पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 0; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 8 - 13; गुदा कांटा: 0; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 15 - 25; जानवरों की रीड़ का जोड़: 44 - 51. Body slender and compressed. Anal fin base long and about twice the length of dorsal fin base. Eye diameter about twice snout length. Upper end of gill slit reaching above midline of side of body. No knob-like process in interorbital space. Dorsoposterior edge of operculum not curved inward. Traces of detached scales black. Color black or dark brown; bluish black on head and ventral surfaces, and on peritoneum (Ref. 6885).
Does not undertake a diurnal, vertical migration. Feeds heavily on crustaceans (Ref. 4525). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 35604). Minimum cdepth from Ref. 028981.
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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इंटरनेट स्रोत
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 0.4 - 5.2, mean 3.2 °C (based on 91 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00776 (0.00458 - 0.01316), b=3.07 (2.92 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.42 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 7.8 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
लौटाव (Ref.
120179): निम्न, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 4.5 - 14 वर्ष। (K=0.14 (very tentative estimate)).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 29.9 [10.3, 96.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.365 [0.142, 1.282] mg/100g; Protein = 13.7 [10.4, 17.9] %; Omega3 = 0.395 [0.118, 1.350] g/100g; Selenium = 21 [7, 55] μg/100g; VitaminA = 38 [5, 303] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.672 [0.358, 1.397] mg/100g (wet weight);