Bajacalifornia burragei, Sharpchin slickhead

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Bajacalifornia burragei Townsend & Nichols, 1925

Sharpchin slickhead
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Alepocephaliformes (Slickheads and tubeshoulders.) > Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Etymology: Bajacalifornia: Taken from this peninsula in America (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Townsend & Nichols.

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range ? - 1080 m (Ref. 2908). Deep-water; 48°N - 56°S, 32°E - 66°W

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Western Indian Ocean: Saudi Arabia (Ref. 2908). Eastern Pacific: USA (Ref. 5515) and Chile (Ref. 9068). Also including the Gulf of California (Ref. 35724).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 34613)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 14; Vertebrae: 46 - 48. Branchiostegal rays: 7.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Mesopelagic, but also probably associated with the bottom (Ref. 35724). Oviparous, with mesopelagic larvae, probably found in deeper waters (Ref. 35724).

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Oviparous (Ref. 35724).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Fowler, H.W., 1956. Fishes of the Red Sea and southern Arabia. Branchiostomida to Polynemida. The Weizmann Science Press of Israel, Jerusalem. 240 p. (Ref. 2908)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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