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Barbourisia rufa Parr, 1945
Velvet whalefish
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| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Barbourisia rufa
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Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
> Beryciformes (Sawbellies) > Barbourisiidae (Velvet whalefishes)
Eponymy: Dr Thomas Barbour (1884–1946) was an American zoologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Eponymy: Dr Thomas Barbour (1884–1946) was an American zoologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 120 - 2000 m (Ref. 50610). Deep-water
Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Throughout the world ocean in tropical and temperate latitudes (Ref. 9842). Eastern Atlantic: one specimen from off Cape Bojador south of the Canary Islands; unrecorded specimens taken between Guinea and Angola. Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 29076). Western Indian Ocean: off Madagascar. Eastern Pacific: one specimen captured off northern central California, USA (Ref. 2850). Western Pacific: Japan to New Caledonia, Australia (Ref. 7300) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 19 - 22; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 15 - 18. Mouth large, maxillary extending far beyond eye (Ref. 559) Lower jaw projecting beyond the upper (Ref. 559). Teeth on both jaws broad villiform bands (Ref. 559). Body and each fin with minute spinules, the surface velvety to the touch. Lateral line opening as distinct pores (Ref. 559).
Juveniles mesopelagic, adults benthopelagic. Presumably feed on crustaceans.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Référence principale
Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Paxton, John | Collaborateurs
Paxton, J.R. and D.J. Blake, 1990. Barbourisiidae. p. 606. 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. 2. (Ref. 4500)