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Australian Faunal Directory FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Australian Faunal Directory    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/78dd6713-5655-4c1c-b58d-07b03b398d34 Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Barbourisia&speciesname=rufa ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Barbourisia&speciesname=rufa http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Barbourisia&speciesname=rufa ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Barbourisia&speciesname=rufa https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Barbourisia&speciesname=rufa ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Barbourisia-rufa.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Barbourisia Species in    Barbourisiidae - Classification - Barbourisiidae Beryciformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Barbourisia rufa Parr , 1945 Velvet whalefish Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Barbourisia rufa   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Barbourisia rufa Picture by Shao, K.T. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Beryciformes (Sawbellies) > Barbourisiidae (Velvet whalefishes) Etymology: Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 120 - 2000 m (Ref. 50610 ). Deep-water Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | 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 ). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 39.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5951 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19-22; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 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 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Juveniles mesopelagic, adults benthopelagic. Presumably feed on crustaceans. Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Paxton, John | Collaborators 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 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 07 July 2014 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: of no interest FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 1.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.3   ±0.41 se; based on food items. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100). Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 32.8 [16.5, 71.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.573 [0.294, 1.067] mg/100g; Protein = 17.1 [15.9, 18.3] %; Omega3 = 0.52 [0.27, 0.97] g/100g; Selenium = 28 [13, 60] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7.76 [1.87, 31.35] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.499 [0.344, 0.736] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2579 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2579 Updated: 2024-05-23 04:55:59 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation