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Parazenidae (Parazen) > Cyttopsinae
Etymology: Cyttopsis: Greek, kyttaros, kytos = a convex cavity + Greek, opsis = appearance.
More on author: Lowe.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
marien bathypelagisch; diepte 150 - 730 m (Ref. 9563), usually 330 - 690 m (Ref. 7251). Deep-water
Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to southeastern USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to western Caribbean (Ref. 7251); northern coast of South America (Ref. 5217). Eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay round the South African coast to Natal. Indian Ocean: Somalia (Ref. 30573) and off the south-west coast of India. Western Pacific: off Japan, eastern Australia (Ref. 7300) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755).
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 6953); common length : 25.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 2683)
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 7 - 8; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 28 - 30; Anale stekels: 1 - 2; Anale zachte stralen: 29 - 30. Rosy pink and silvery in color; pelvic fins reddish with black membranes (Ref. 4253). Mouth large, oblique, highly protrusible; anteriorly directing spine in a series on supraorbital; pelvic fin spine soft, flexible; pelvic fin soft rays long, the longest reaching 5th anal ray when depressed; 1st anal spine large and immovable, 2nd one small and moveable (Ref. 13608).
Occurs on the continental slope (Ref. 75154). Bathypelagic (Ref. 5951). Forms schools. Feeds on other fishes and swimming decapod crustaceans (Ref. 4968).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturities | Voortplanting | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Heemstra, P.C., 1995. Additions and corrections for the 1995 impression. p. v-xv. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Revised Edition of Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 11228)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: commercieel
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 6 - 14.1, mean 9.3 °C (based on 1039 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.8125 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01738 (0.00659 - 0.04586), b=3.00 (2.77 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.66 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 9.22 [2.08, 41.48] mg/100g; Iron = 0.281 [0.077, 0.930] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [15.5, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.163 [0.049, 0.549] g/100g; Selenium = 10.4 [2.4, 46.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 19.2 [2.0, 186.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.433 [0.172, 1.146] mg/100g (wet weight);