Lepidopus caudatus, Silver scabbardfish : fisheries, gamefish

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Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788)

Silver scabbardfish
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Frostfish, Paara, Scabbard fish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.), 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Widely dispersed in the country but areas of concentration relatively unknown (Ref. 9258). Recorded in the trawl survey in Chatham Islands (Ref. 45493) and off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). Caught incidentally by trawlers (Ref. 9258). Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ (Ref. 5755).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes) > Lepidopodinae
Etymology: Lepidopus: Greek, lepis = scale + Greek, pous = foot (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

Θαλασσινό(ά) βενθοπελαγικό; ωκεανόδρομο(ς) (Ref. 51243); εύρος βάθους 42 - 620 m (Ref. 56504), usually 100 - 300 m (Ref. 6181). Deep-water; 64°N - 49°S, 29°W - 176°W (Ref. 6181)

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Σημειακός χάρτης | Εισαγωγές | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: France and western Mediterranean to Senegal, including Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and offshore seamounts; Cape Fria, Namibia to Agulhas Bank, South Africa including northern Walvis Ridge. Southern Indian Ocean: seamounts 30 to 35°S. Southwest Pacific: Australia (New South Wales to southern West Australia) and New Zealand. Southeast Pacific: Peru. A doubtful record from Cape San Lucas, Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm 111.0, range 92 - ? cm
Max length : 210 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 36731); common length : 117 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 6181); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 8.0 kg (Ref. 6181); μεγ. αναφερόμενη ηλικία: 8 έτη (Ref. 117131)

Short description Κλείδες προσδιορισμού | Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία

Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά) : 98 - 110; Εδρικές άκανθες: 2; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 59 - 66; Σπόνδυλοι: 105 - 114. Second anal-fin spine plate-like. Pyloric caeca 20 - 29. Body uniformly silvery (Ref. 6181). Pelvic fin very small (Ref. 35388).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: compressed.

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Occur on continental shelf, along its edge and upper slope down to 400 m (600 m in Australia), usually over sandy and muddy bottoms from 100 to 250 m (over 300 m in Australia). Depth range from 333-620 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Migrate into midwater at night. Form schools; occasionally found inshore in upwelling of deep water when it appears at surface. Feed on crustaceans, small squid and fish (Ref. 6768). Eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 6768).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

Main reference Upload your references | Αναφορές | Συντονιστής : Parin, Nikolay V. | Συνεργάτες

Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes,. scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 19 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

αλιεία: πολύ εμπορικό; αλιεία αναψυχής: ναί

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Αναφ. 123201): 9.8 - 16, mean 12.1 °C (based on 330 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Αναφ. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00041 (0.00032 - 0.00052), b=3.11 (3.04 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Αναφ. 69278):  3.8   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Ελαστικότητα (Αναφ. 120179):  Μεσαίο(α), ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 1,4 - 4,4 έτη (K=0.14-0.38; tmax=5-8).
Prior r = 0.41, 95% CL = 0.27 - 0.61, Based on 4 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (53 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 12.7 [5.3, 26.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.278 [0.126, 0.619] mg/100g; Protein = 17.3 [15.6, 19.0] %; Omega3 = 0.219 [0.095, 0.529] g/100g; Selenium = 34.6 [12.2, 93.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 4.17 [0.63, 22.13] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.279 [0.173, 0.476] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.