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Scombriformes (Mackerels) >
Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes) > Aphanopodinae
Etymology: Benthodesmus: Greek, benthos = depth of the sea + Greek, desmos = bond, chain (Ref. 45335).
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur 178 - 950 m (Ref. 6181). Deep-water; 9°S - 44°S, 30°E - 26°W (Ref. 6181)
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: off south Brazil and Argentina, Rio Grande Rise, southeastern Africa, Madagascar Ridge, southeastern Australia, New Zealand, Sala y Gomez Ridge.
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?, range 57 - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9351)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 42 - 46; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 99 - 108; Épines anales: 2; Rayons mous anaux: 91 - 98; Vertèbres: 151 - 159. Body silvery, jaws and opercle blackish. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: compressed.
Juveniles mesopelagic (Ref. 6181); also benthopelagic (Ref. 5951). Feeds on crustaceans (mainly prawns and euphausiids), small fishes (e.g. Maurolicus) and squid (Ref. 6202). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 36453.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Batch spawners with 5,000 to 16,000 eggs per spawn.
Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes,. scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: bycatch
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 8.9 - 17.1, mean 11.7 °C (based on 175 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00014 (0.00008 - 0.00025), b=3.10 (2.93 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.9 ±0.66 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (tm=5-6; Fec=5,000-16,000 (batch fecundity)).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (60 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 14.8 [6.8, 30.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.302 [0.138, 0.677] mg/100g; Protein = 16.7 [15.0, 18.3] %; Omega3 = 0.232 [0.105, 0.515] g/100g; Selenium = 27.2 [10.9, 72.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 15.2 [2.6, 81.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.362 [0.223, 0.599] mg/100g (wet weight);