Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur 295 - 5440 m (Ref. 50610), usually ? - 2420 m (Ref. 31334). Deep-water; 1°C - 6°C (Ref. 26895); 70°N - 56°S, 180°W - 180°E
North Atlantic and North Pacific. Also in Durban, South Africa and Indo-Pacific (Ref. 3973).
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm 35.0, range 30 - 40 cm
Max length : 137 cm mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 31334); poids max. publié: 0.00 g
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 312 - 354; Rayons mous anaux: 199 - 245; Vertèbres: 131 - 140. Dorsal fin rays anterior to anus 98-139; precaudal vertebrae 65-72 (usually 68-69); lateral line pores before anus 50-56 (Ref. 31334). Plain brown to black in color (Ref. 3973). Pectorals small (Ref. 31334).
Found on the continental slope and abyssal plain. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans, and squid (Ref. 31334).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Karmovskaya, E.S. and N.R. Merrett, 1998. Taxonomy of the deep-sea eel genus, Histiobranchus (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes), with notes on the ecology of H. bathybius in the eastern North Atlantic. J. Fish Biol. 53(5):1015-1037. (Ref. 31334)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 1.9 - 4.7, mean 3.4 °C (based on 2419 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00071 (0.00036 - 0.00141), b=3.11 (2.92 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.53 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (Assuming tmax>10).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).