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Zanclorhynchus spinifer Günther, 1880

Antarctic horsefish
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Zanclorhynchidae (Horsefishes)
Etymology: Zanclorhynchus: Greek, za = an aumentative particle + Greek, agkilo = hook + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335);  spinifer: Named for its type locality, Ridge of Hercules..
  More on author: Günther.

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

marina bottenlevande; djupintervall 5 - 1000 m (Ref. 87547).   Temperate; 45°S - 55°S

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Southern Ocean: Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard, and Macquarie islands and the Kara-Dag Seamount north-east of the Prince Edward Islands.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 5195)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates, primarily amphipods.

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Heemstra, P.C. and G. Duhamel, 1990. Congiopodidae. p. 229-230. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5195)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fiskeri: mindre kommeriell
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.3 - 2.9, mean 2.2 (based on 17 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7520   [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).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.53 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.