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Bathysaurus ferox Günther, 1878

Deep-sea lizardfish
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> Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Bathysauridae (Deepsea lizardfishes)
Etymology: Bathysaurus: Greek, bathys = deep + Greek, sauros = lizard (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ökologie

seewasser bathydemersal; tiefenbereich 600 - 3500 m (Ref. 4472), usually 1000 - 2500 m (Ref. 5951). Deep-water; 70°N - 50°S, 180°W - 180°E

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Eastern Atlantic: northern British Isles to Guinea; also off South Africa. Reported from Iceland (Ref. 12462). Western Atlantic: Davis Strait to Rio Grande Rise, Brazil. Southwest Pacific: New Zealand and Australia (Ref. 7300). Southeast Pacific: Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez (Ref. 50546). Macristium chavesi (pelagic larvae) known from Dominican Republic, Bay of Biscay, Azores, and in the Indian Ocean.

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 64.0 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 4472)

Kurzbeschreibung Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie

Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 17; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 11 - 13. Body deepest ahead of dorsal fin. Head depressed and bony, mouth large, teeth conical, recurved and mostly depressible (Ref. 39983). Preserved specimens, dark ventrally (Ref. 11228).

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Usually occurs below the 4°C isotherm. Rests stationary on the bottom with head slightly elevated in typical lizardfish fashion. Feeds primarily on fish and decapods (Ref. 4964). Synchronously hermaphroditic. Minimum depth reported from Ref. 5755.

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Also Ref. 103751.

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Sulak, K.J., 1990. Synodontidae. p. 365-370. 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. 4472)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)

  nicht bedroht (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 July 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

  Harmless





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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2 - 5.4, mean 3.3 °C (based on 4492 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00324 (0.00128 - 0.00816), b=3.16 (2.94 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.3   ±0.69 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 27 [12, 76] mg/100g; Iron = 0.478 [0.175, 1.036] mg/100g; Protein = 15.1 [12.1, 17.4] %; Omega3 = 0.241 [0.074, 0.627] g/100g; Selenium = 27 [9, 65] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.3 [2.4, 63.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.329 [0.202, 0.522] mg/100g (wet weight);