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Notacanthidae (Deep-sea spiny eels)
Etymology: Notacanthus: Greek, noton = back + Greek, akantha = thorn (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Johann Hieronymus Chemnitz (1730–1800) was a German naturalist, conchologist and theologian. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bloch.
Taxonomic Remarks
Species spelling Paxton et al. 1989 (Ref.7300:150).
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur 125 - 3285 m (Ref. 58426), usually 128 - 1000 m (Ref. 117245). Deep-water; 61°N - 50°S, 180°W - 180°E
Western North Atlantic: from Labrador to the Gulf of Mexico; Eastern North Atlantic from Iceland and Norway to North Africa (Ref. 130977). Possible in the eastern Indian Ocean: Australia (Ref. 7300) and southwest Pacific: New Zealand (Ref. 5755).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4449)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 5 - 12; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 2; Épines anales: 14 - 17; Rayons mous anaux: 125 - 145; Vertèbres: 225 - 239. Presence of palatine and dentary teeth in two or more rows. Numerous dorsal spines. Small specimens are pale tan or pale bluish gray, large specimens are dark brown (Ref. 37108).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302) and epibenthic (Ref. 58426). Not uncommon in depths around 180 m off Iceland and Greenland. Individuals with nearly ripe eggs have been found in late autumn off Iceland. Mostly found at depths well below 200 m, but enters slightly shallower water on Grand Banks in Canada (Ref. 7251). Feeds primarily on sea anemones (Ref. 4449).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Sulak, K.J., 1990. Notacanthidae. p. 133-135. 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. 4449)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 1 - 14.9, mean 6.1 °C (based on 2531 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5040 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00191 (0.00102 - 0.00357), b=3.07 (2.89 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 27.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (Assuming tmax>10).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 9.83 [5.11, 21.37] mg/100g; Iron = 0.259 [0.129, 0.528] mg/100g; Protein = 16.1 [14.9, 17.3] %; Omega3 = 0.274 [0.129, 0.578] g/100g; Selenium = 39.1 [14.6, 106.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 9.64 [1.93, 48.64] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.376 [0.235, 0.610] mg/100g (wet weight);