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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.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser bathydemersal; tiefenbereich 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.
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 123 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 106777); common length : 70.0 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (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.
Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | 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)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerzielles potential
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Bevorzugte Temperatur (Ref.
123201): 3.3 - 5.9, mean 4 °C (based on 197 cells).
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (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).
Trophische Ebene (Ref.
69278): 3.9 ±0.25 se; based on food items.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): sehr niedrig, Verdopplung der Population dauert mehr als 14 Jahre. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
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Nährstoffe (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.