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Alepocephalus tenebrosus Gilbert, 1892

California slickhead
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Alepocephaliformes (Slickheads and tubeshoulders.) > Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Etymology: Alepocephalus: Greek, alepos, alepidotos = without scales + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335);  tenebrosus: tenebrosus meaning dark or gloomy, coming from the great depths where not even shadows occur..
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 46 - 5500 m (Ref. 4525). Deep-water

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North Pacific: Bering Sea to at least California, USA. Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 35724).

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 61.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15 - 18; Vertebrae: 51 - 55. Branchiostegal rays: 6-7.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found near or on bottoms (Ref. 2850). Feed on small crustaceans. Regarded as inferior food because of its soft, fleshy texture (Ref. 4525). Oviparous, with mesopelagic and bathypelagic larvae (Ref. 35724).

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Oviparous (Ref. 35724).

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 0.2 - 4.1, mean 2.3 °C (based on 389 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00347 (0.00164 - 0.00733), 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):  3.5   ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 3.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.30).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).