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Bathygadidae (Rattails)
Etymology: Bathygadus: Greek, bathys = deep + Latin, gadus = a fish; cod? (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Professor Léon Louis Vaillant (1834–1914) was a French herpetologist, ichthyologist and malacologist at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, well known for his researches in East Indian ichthyology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Vaillant.
Environment: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas batidemersal; não migratória; intervalo de profundidade 400 - 2600 m (Ref. 3587), usually 700 - 1400 m (Ref. 3587). Deep-water; 53°N - 34°S, 98°W - 20°E
Atlantic Ocean: Eastern Atlantic: Ireland to South Africa. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, off Suriname (Ref. 3587). Often confused with Bathygadus favosus Goode & Bean, 1886.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 6187)
This species does not have light organs. The head is large; eyes are large, about equal in diameter to the interorbital space. The snout is blunt with the lower jaw slightly projecting. The body tapers quite abruptly from behind the pectoral fin. Body color is light brown. The fin membranes, branchiostegal membrane, gill chamber and body cavity color is black. Also Ref. 2800.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Feeds on mysids, pelagic copepods, chaetognaths and small shrimps (Ref. 3587). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 1371.
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: sem interesse
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Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 3.5 - 9.8, mean 5.1 °C (based on 223 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00372 (0.00141 - 0.00976), b=3.11 (2.88 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.42 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 23.4 [13.6, 60.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.471 [0.202, 0.993] mg/100g; Protein = 16.3 [14.5, 17.9] %; Omega3 = 0.236 [0.110, 0.500] g/100g; Selenium = 26.7 [10.1, 63.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.5 [2.8, 71.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.41 [0.25, 0.66] mg/100g (wet weight);
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