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Alepocephaliformes (Slickheads and tubeshoulders.) >
Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Eponymy: Shozaburo Watasé (1862–1929) was a biologist who became (1901) Professor of Zoology at the Imperial University of Tokyo, his alma mater. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Tanaka.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batipelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 500 - 1300 m (Ref. 559). Deep-water
Western Pacific: Sagami Bay in Japan, East China Sea and the Philippines.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 559)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 18 - 21; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 17 - 19. Head and body compressed. Eye large, circular. Snout strongly curved, nearly vertical at the tip. Gill rakers well-developed. Scales absent from the body except fro modified ring-like lateral line scales.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
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: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 4.8 - 8.4, mean 6.4 °C (based on 292 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00347 (0.00163 - 0.00737), b=3.19 (3.00 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (17 of 100).