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Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Etymology: Alepocephalus: Greek, alepos, alepidotos = without scales + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Alexander Emanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (1835–1910) was born in Switzerland but emigrated to the USA with his eminent palaeontologist father, Louis Agassiz (see next entry), and made a fortune out of copper mining. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Goode & Bean.
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
marien bathydemersaal; diepte 534 - 2500 m (Ref. 4460). Deep-water; 70°N - 15°N, 72°W - 5°W (Ref. 57313)
Eastern Atlantic: Iceland and Greenland, west of British Isles, Morocco south to Mauritania. Western Atlantic: Davis Strait south to Honduras.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 123 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 106777); common length : 70.0 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 4736)
Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Found over sand and clay bottoms. Gregarious. Feeds mostly ctenophores, but also crustaceans, echinoderms and polychaetes (Ref. 4460). Minimum depth based from Ref. 117245.
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Markle, D.F. and Y.I. Sazanov, 1990. Alepocephalidae. p. 246-264. 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. 4460)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: van potentieel belang
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Gewenste temperatuur (Ref.
123201): 3.3 - 5.9, mean 4 °C (based on 197 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00339 (0.00159 - 0.00723), b=3.19 (3.00 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.9 ±0.25 se; based on food items.
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): Zeer laag, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd meer dan 14 jaar (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
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Voedingsstoffen (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 12.5 [6.6, 34.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.333 [0.135, 0.854] mg/100g; Protein = 11.8 [9.9, 15.0] %; Omega3 = 0.366 [0.143, 1.041] g/100g; Selenium = 33.7 [14.0, 88.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7.28 [1.53, 35.33] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.328 [0.209, 0.546] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.