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Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Etymology: Xenodermichthys: Greek, xenos = strange + Greek, derma = skin + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897) was an American palaeontologist, anatomist, herpetologist and ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gill.
Miljö: miljö / Klimatzon / djupintervall / distributionsområde
Ekologi
marina batypelagisk; djupintervall 100 - 2650 m (Ref. 4460), usually 100 - 1230 m (Ref. 47377). Deep-water; 70°N - 56°S, 90°W - 180°E (Ref. 57340)
Atlantic Ocean: widely distributed, ranging north to Iceland in the eastern section (Ref. 4460). Pacific Ocean: on both sides, in tropical waters; Tasman Sea. Indian Ocean: including Great Australian Bight.
Storlek / Vikt / Ålder
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 57911)
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Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri
Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 0; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 27 - 31; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 0; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 26 - 30. Nodular luminous organ present sporadically on body; no luminous organ on shoulder (Ref. 13608).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Usually found near continental slopes (Ref. 4736). Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Feeds primarily on crustaceans (euphausiids, copepods, amphipods and decapod zoea), also ostracods and small cephalopods (Ref. 4736).
Livscykel och parningsbeteende
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fekunditet | Larver
Markle, D.F., 1986. Alepocephalidae. p. 218-223. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 2711)
Status på IUCN:s rödlista (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Önskad temperatur (Ref.
123201): 3 - 19.7, mean 7.6 °C (based on 4609 cells).
Index för fylogenetisk mångfald (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00339 (0.00159 - 0.00723), b=3.19 (3.00 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.35 se; based on food items.
Resiliens (Ref.
120179): Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (Assuming tmax>3).
Sårbarhet i fisket (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).
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Näringsämnen (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 18.9 [5.2, 84.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.422 [0.123, 1.324] mg/100g; Protein = 14 [11, 17] %; Omega3 = 0.165 [0.052, 0.541] g/100g; Selenium = 12.8 [3.5, 51.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 37.4 [5.1, 305.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.561 [0.250, 1.389] mg/100g (wet weight);