FB-5099 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5099 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anguilliformes Nemichthyidae Avocettina Avocettina infans (Günther, 1878) Úhořovka atlantská Korthalet sneppeål Schnepfenaal Avocet snipe eel Avocet snipe-eel Blackline snipe eel Closespine snipe eel Snipe eel Spaced snipe eel Harilik nokkangerjas Nokkangerjas Kuroshigi-unagi Jegulja sabljarka 北線鰻 北线鳗 吉氏喙吻鰻 吉氏喙吻鳗 喙吻鰻 喙吻鳗 施氏拟鹬鳗 施氏擬鷸鰻 Avocettina elongata (Gill & Ryder, 1883) Avocettina exophthalma Parr, 1932 Avocettina gilli (Bean, 1890) Avocettinops normani Bertin, 1947 Avocettinops schmidti Roule & Bertin, 1924 Avocettinops sp. Not applicable Borodinula gilli (Bean, 1890) Borodinula infans (Günther, 1878) Labichthys elongatus Gill & Ryder, 1883 Labichthys gilli Bean, 1890 Leptocephalus oxycephalus Pappenheim, 1914 Nemichthys infans Günther, 1878 1992-02-18 2024-05-30 Matarese, A.C., A.W. Kendall, D.M. Blood and M.V. 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Luna 1992-02-18 00:00:00 2024-05-30 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5099 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Meso- and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). Feed on crustaceans (Ref. 3247). Oviparous, with planktonic leptocephali (Ref. 32364). Degenerative changes in males and females suggest semelparity (Ref. 32364). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942. Smith, D.G. 1990 Nemichthyidae. p. 199-202. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4456) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5099 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1996-09-05 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5099 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Dorsal fin with up to 350 rays; caudal much reduced, linear; anal fin rays 265-270 or more; pectorals small (Ref. 6885). Uniform dusky brown, except jaws, pectoral fins, and lower abdomen which are paler (Ref. 6885). Strong sexual dimorphism (Ref. 3247). Hart, J.L. 1973 Pacific fishes of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 180:740 p. (Ref. 6885) FB-Morphology-5099 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1996-09-05 00:00:00 2005-01-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5099 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 300; Analspines: 0 Hart, J.L. 1973 Pacific fishes of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 180:740 p. (Ref. 6885) FB-Distribution-5099 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-18 00:00:00 2023-01-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5099 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Circumglobal: In tropical to temperate waters. North of about 20°S; except Mediterranean Sea and eastern Central Pacific. NorthEast Pacific: Queen Charlotte Islands, British Colombia, Canada to central Mexico, including the Gulf of California (Ref. 32364). Smith, D.G. 1990 Nemichthyidae. p. 199-202. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4456) FB-Uses-5099 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-18 00:00:00 2024-05-30 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5099 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: of no interest FB-LifeCycle-5099 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1992-02-18 00:00:00 2024-05-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=5099&StockCode=9539 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Oviparous (Ref. 3247). Nielsen, J.G. 1984 Nemichthyidae (including Avocettinopsidae). p. 551-554. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3247) FB-TrophicStrategy-5099 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1997-03-24 00:00:00 2024-05-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ infans Marine (Ref. 86942). Nielsen, J.G. 1984 Nemichthyidae (including Avocettinopsidae). p. 551-554. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3247) FB-Size-5099 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-18 00:00:00 2024-05-30 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5099 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 80.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 96339)) Love, M.S., C.W. Mecklenburg, T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson 2005 Resource inventory of marine and estuarine fishes of the West Coast and Alaska: A checklist of North Pacific and Arctic Ocean species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Seattle, Washington, 98104. (Ref. 96339) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-5099 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-18 00:00:00 2024-05-30 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5099 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat bathypelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 4580 m (Ref. 58302), usually 1200 - 2000 m (Ref. 32364) Mundy, B.C. 2005 Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. 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