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Himantolophus appelii (Clarke, 1878)
PRICKLY FOOTBALLFISH
Prickly Deepsea Anglerfish; Aegoeonichthys appelii Clarke, 1878

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Himantolophus appelii ( Clarke , 1878 )

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Himantolophidae (Footballfishes)
Etymology: Himantolophus: Greek, himas or himantos = leather strap, thong or leash (referring to the thick leathery illicium) + Greek, lopho or lophio = crest or tuft (referring to the baited illicium projecting from the head) (Ref. 86949 ) .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 338 - 1360 m (Ref. 86949 ). Deep-water

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Circumglobal in the southern hemisphere except eastern Pacific (Ref. 7300 ). Range extended to the Falkland Is. (Ref. 80772 ) and probably a first record in the Philippines (Ref. 95664 ).

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Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 33839 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Anal soft rays : 4. This species is distinguished in having the illicium with a bulbous distal light organ, originating from behind the tip of the snout; external second cephalic ray absent; esca without bony denticles; posterior appendage present, bifurcated at the base and each primary branch had a side branch near the base; distal appendage absent (Ref. 80772 ). Metamorphosed females characterized further by having a series of 2-7 filaments emerging from the anterior margin of the 2 primary branches of paired posterior escal appendage; posterolateral appendages simple or bifurcated at tip, longest is less than 10% SL in specimens less than 10 cm; presence of small dermal spinules on stem of illicium, escal bulb and escal appendages in specimens greater than 3 cm; low and indistinct papillae of snout and chin; skin devoid of white patches; caudal fin rays white or faintly pigmented in specimens less than 10 cm. Adult males with 11-13 olfactory lamellae; diameter of posterior nostril 5.7-6.7% SL, length of snout 17-18% SL; presence of about 20-25 upper denticular teeth and 22-32 lower denticular teeth (Ref. 86949 ).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Mesopelagic species (Ref. 7300 ).

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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley , 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

  Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 11 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 2.3 - 10, mean 7.1 °C (based on 612 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.0   ±0.70 se; based on food items. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).

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