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Icosteidae (Ragfish)
Etymology: Icosteus: Greek, eikoo = to sag, to bend something that is soft + Greek, osteon = bone.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser bathypelagisch; tiefenbereich 0 - 1420 m (Ref. 50550), usually 18 - 732 m (Ref. 2850). Deep-water; 66°N - 32°N
North Pacific: Japan to southeastern Alaska and to Point Loma, southern California, USA.
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 213 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 2850)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 52 - 55; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 34 - 40. Pectorals rounded, pedunculate (Ref. 6885). Generally of a chocolate color (Ref. 6885). Young more robust, with an expanded and rounded caudal fin, 5 pelvic rays, and a brown and yellow irregularly blotched with faint purple color, dusky on fins (Ref. 6885).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Adults occur near bottom; juveniles in shallow water or offshore near the surface (Ref. 50277). Feeds on jellyfish (Ref. 50277), fishes and squids (Ref. 2850), as well as octopuses (Ref. 4525).
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: bycatch
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Bevorzugte Temperatur (Ref.
123201): 2 - 14.1, mean 6.2 °C (based on 1370 cells).
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophische Ebene (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.57 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 8.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert 4,5 - 14 Jahre. (K=0.13; Fec=293,000).
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100).
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