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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Aulopiformes (Grinners) >
Notosudidae (Waryfishes)
Etymology: Scopelosaurus: Greek, skopelos = a lantern fish + Greek, sauros = lizard (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 102 - 1440 m (Ref. 50550). Deep-water; 60°N - 20°N
North Pacific: off Taiwan, waters of Kamchatka, Japan, and Kuril Islands, Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea, off British Columbia, California and Alaska Bay.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. )
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Individuals of 20-22 cm SL, feeds on various types of plankton, almost exclusively deep-sea copepods of Pareuchaeta. Larger specimens also feed on squid, shrimp, and fish (Ref. 35945).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Balanov, A.A. and V.F. Savinykh, 1999. Redescriptions of Scopelosaurus harryi and S. adleri (Notosudidae): two valid mesopelagic species inhabiting the northern part of the Pacific Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 39(8):616-625. (Ref. 35945)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 0.3 - 5.7, mean 3.4 °C (based on 98 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00288 (0.00120 - 0.00692), b=3.18 (2.96 - 3.40), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
