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Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Etymology: Alepocephalus: Greek, alepos, alepidotos = without scales + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887) was an American zoologist and giant of American ornithology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Goode & Bean.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 365 - 1700 m (Ref. 4460). Deep-water; 66°N - 17°N, 78°W - 0°E
Eastern Atlantic: Greenland and Iceland southward to 17°N. Western Atlantic: Greenland to Scotian Shelf and 29°52'N, 77°09'W.
Lunghezza alla prima maturità / Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm 55.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4460); Età massima riportata: 38 anni (Ref. 41452)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Found over ooze and sand bottoms (Ref. 4736). Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Feeds mostly on coelenterates, but also decapods, tunicates and fishes (Ref. 4736).
Annual fecundity indeterminate (Ref. 51440).
Markle, D.F. and J.-C. Quéro, 1984. Alepocephalidae (including Bathylaconidae, Bathyprionidae). p. 228-253. 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. 4736)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 3.4 - 10.2, mean 6.9 °C (based on 170 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00316 (0.00190 - 0.00527), b=3.19 (3.04 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.7 ±0.54 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 13.9 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (K=0.077; tmax=38; Fec = 458 (per batch)).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (69 of 100).
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Vulnerabilità climatica (Ref.
125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).
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Nutrienti (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 15.6 [8.0, 45.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.408 [0.139, 1.088] mg/100g; Protein = 11.5 [9.6, 14.7] %; Omega3 = 0.351 [0.149, 0.942] g/100g; Selenium = 29.1 [12.3, 69.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.9 [2.5, 59.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.334 [0.210, 0.548] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.