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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/4d64e7fc-421a-4fc1-9486-88876a2e3f8e/ Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Alepisaurus&speciesname=ferox ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Alepisaurus&speciesname=ferox http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Alepisaurus&speciesname=ferox ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Alepisaurus&speciesname=ferox https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Alepisaurus&speciesname=ferox ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Alepisaurus-ferox.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    Alepisaurus Species in    Alepisauridae - Classification - Alepisauridae Aulopiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Alepisaurus ferox Lowe , 1833 Long snouted lancetfish 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. Alepisaurus ferox   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Alepisaurus ferox Picture by Chow, S. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Alepisauridae (Lancetfishes) Etymology: Alepisaurus: Greek, alepis, -idos = without scales + Greek, sauros = lizard (Ref. 45335 ) ;   ferox: The specific name is derived from ferox , meaning ferocious (Ref. 6885 ) . More on author: Lowe . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51887 ); depth range 0 - 1830 m (Ref. 50550 ). Deep-water; 84°N - 57°S, 180°W - 180°E Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Circumglobal: Western Pacific (Ref. 6885 , 7300 ); Eastern Pacific: from the Aleutian Islands to Chile, also (Ref. 2850 ); Western Atlantic: Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, also (Ref. 7251 ); Eastern Atlantic (Ref. 4059 ). Indian Ocean (Ref. 57630 ). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref. 74511 ). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 215 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251 ); common length : 150 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217 ); max. published weight: 9.0 kg (Ref. 42154 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 30-45; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 13 - 18; Vertebrae : 47 - 52. Mouth large with two erect fangs on palatines. Dorsal fin very high, about three rays beginning with third or fourth much exerted; adipose moderate in size, over posterior part of anal insertion (Ref. 6885 ). Generally pale, iridescent, darker dorsally; lateral adipose keel dark; all fins dark brown or black; peritoneum black (Ref. 6885 ). Branchiostegal rays: 7-8 (Ref. 36025 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Mainly inhabit tropical and subtropical waters; however, during the feeding period adults may migrate to the subarctic reaching as far north as Greenland, Iceland and the Bering Sea (Ref. 51887 ). Epipelagic- and mesopelagic, from near the surface to below 1,000 m, sometimes approaching inshore waters (Ref. 6011 ). Bathypelagic (Ref. 58302 ). Mainly nocturnal. Feeds on fishes, cephalopods, tunicates, and crustaceans (Ref. 6011 ). Preyed upon by opah, sharks, albacore, yellowfin tuna, and fur seals (Ref. 6885 ). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36025 ). Are synchronous hermaphrodites (Ref. 84733 ). Occasionally consumed but of little importance due to its soft flesh (Ref. 5217 ). The maximum weight given is for a 167 cm FL specimen (Ref. 42154 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Oviparous. Gonads of adolescents are hermaphroditic, but there is no proof that the species is a functional hermaphrodite (Ref. 6011 ). However, further studies show that this species is a synchronous hermaphrodite where gonads consist of clearly defined and well separated ovarian and testicular regions with no indication of sequential maturation of the sex products (Ref. 84733 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Thompson, Bruce | Collaborators Post, A. , 1984. Alepisauridae. p. 494-495. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 6011 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses 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 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.0   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies. Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Very high vulnerability (90 of 100). Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 13 [4, 37] mg/100g; Iron = 0.292 [0.097, 0.916] mg/100g; Protein = 16.3 [13.1, 18.8] %; Omega3 = 0.0817 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 33.6 [10.2, 94.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 7.96 [0.91, 66.44] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.284 [0.147, 0.569] 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: 2024-06-16 06:25:10 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation