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Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes) > Lepidopodinae
Etymology: Lepidopus: Greek, lepis = scale + Greek, pous = foot (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / গভীরতার পরিসীমা / distribution range
বাস্তুসংস্থান
সামুদ্রিক সমুদতলে ভাসমান বেনথোপেলাজিক; মহাসাগরে বিচরনক্ষম (Ref. 51243); গভীরতার পরিসীমা 42 - 620 m (Ref. 56504), usually 100 - 300 m (Ref. 6181). Deep-water; 64°N - 49°S, 29°W - 176°W (Ref. 6181)
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 / আকৃতি / ওজন / Age
পরিপক্কতা : Lm 111.0, range 92 - ? cm
Max length : 210 cm TL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 36731); common length : 117 cm SL পুরুষ/ লিঙ্গ অনিধর্ারিত ; (Ref. 6181); সবের্াচ্চ প্রকাশিত ওজন : 8.0 kg (Ref. 6181); সর্বোচ্চ উলি্ল্লখিত বয়স : 8 বৎসর (Ref. 117131)
পৃষ্ঠীয় নরম পাখনা দন্ড (মোট ) : 98 - 110; পায়ূ কাঁটা : 2; পায়ূর নরম পাখনা্তুন্ড: 59 - 66; কশেরুকা : 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.
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).
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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (সূত্র
123201): 9.8 - 16, mean 12.1 °C (based on 330 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (সূত্র
82804): PD
50 = 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).
ট্রফিক পর্যায়ে (সূত্র
69278): 3.8 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
স্থিতিস্থাপক (সূত্র
120179): মাধ্যম , সর্বনিম্ন প্রজন দ্বিগুনের সময় ১.৪-৪.৪ বৎসর (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).
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Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
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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.
