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Emmelichthyidae (Rovers)
Etymology: Plagiogeneion: Greek, plagios = oblique + Greek, geny, genyos, diminutive = face (Ref. 45335).
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser bathydemersal; tiefenbereich 30 - 600 m (Ref. 106682). Deep-water; 22°S - 40°S, 14°E - 170°E
Southeast Atlantic: Vema Seamount west of Cape Town and off Algoa Bay, and Walvis Bay in Namibia. Southern Indo-West Pacific: St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands, southern Australia, and New Zealand.
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 5325); common length : 40.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 115123); max. veröff. Alter: 10 Jahre (Ref. 35378)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 12; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 10 - 12; Afterflossenstacheln: 3; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 10. Rosy pink in color, brownish dorsally, silvery below; fins red, tips of caudal fin blackish (Ref. 5325).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Adults occur near sandy or muddy bottom in deep water. Feeds on larger zooplankton (Ref. 3394). Marketed fresh or frozen and proves to be an excellent foodfish (Ref. 115123).
Heemstra, P.C., 2016. Emmelichthyidae. pp. 2526-2533. In K.E. Carpenter and N. De Angelis (eds.). The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Vol. 4: Bony fishes part 2 (Perciformes to Tetradontiformes) and sea turtles. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes, Rome, FAO. pp. 2343-3124. (Ref. 115123)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerziell
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Bevorzugte Temperatur (Ref.
123201): 9 - 19.7, mean 14.2 °C (based on 63 cells).
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5313 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00495 - 0.02318), b=3.07 (2.87 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophische Ebene (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 3.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (tmax=10; K=0.33; tm=3-4).
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).
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Nährstoffe (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 24 [15, 56] mg/100g; Iron = 0.518 [0.212, 0.995] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [16.8, 18.7] %; Omega3 = 0.365 [0.214, 0.620] g/100g; Selenium = 18.2 [8.0, 38.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.7 [2.7, 51.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.367 [0.255, 0.547] mg/100g (wet weight);