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Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes) > Aphanopodinae
Etymology: Benthodesmus: Greek, benthos = depth of the sea + Greek, desmos = bond, chain (Ref. 45335).
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 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.
Lunghezza alla prima maturità / Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?, range 57 - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9351)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 42 - 46; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 99 - 108; Spine anali: 2; Raggi anali molli: 91 - 98; Vertebre: 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.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
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)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: bycatch
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 8.9 - 17.1, mean 11.7 °C (based on 175 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
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).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.9 ±0.66 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (tm=5-6; Fec=5,000-16,000 (batch fecundity)).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (60 of 100).
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Nutrienti (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);