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Phycidae (Phycid hakes)
Etymology: Urophycis: Greek, oura = tail + Greek, phyke, pykis, -idos = the female of a fish that lives among algae (Greek = phykon), related with the gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Goode & Bean.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; non migratori; distribuzione batimetrica 27 - 684 m (Ref. 1371), usually 360 - 470 m (Ref. 1371). Deep-water; 31°N - 38°S, 97°W - 38°W (Ref. 56854)
Western Atlantic: Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico, northern coasts of South America to the Orinoco, perhaps to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 66.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 40637); common length : 40.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5217); peso massimo pubblicato: 2.5 kg (Ref. 40637); Età massima riportata: 14 anni (Ref. 51038)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Spine anali: 0. Upper limb of first gill arch with 2 or 3 rakers; the barbel very short, or absent in many specimens. A diffuse dusky blotch present on the opercle.
Found on mud bottoms.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: di potenziale interesse; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 8.7 - 16.9, mean 11.5 °C (based on 46 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5044 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00370 - 0.00540), b=3.15 (3.10 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (tmax=14; k=0.15-0.19).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (56 of 100).