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Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen, 1788)

Silver scabbardfish
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Norway country information

Common names: Slirefisk
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found once between Shetland and W. Norway (Ref. 28571).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/no.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://odin.dep.no/fid/eng/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes) > Lepidopodinae
Etymology: Lepidopus: Greek, lepis = scale + Greek, pous = foot (Ref. 45335).

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

marinhas bentopelágico; oceanódromo (Ref. 51243); intervalo de profundidade 42 - 620 m (Ref. 56504), usually 100 - 300 m (Ref. 6181).   Deep-water; 64°N - 49°S, 29°W - 176°W (Ref. 6181)

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: France and western Mediterranean to Senegal, including Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and offshore seamounts; Cape Fria, Namibia to Agulhas Bank, South Africa including northern Walvis Ridge. Southern Indian Ocean: seamounts 30 to 35°S. Southwest Pacific: Australia (New South Wales to southern West Australia) and New Zealand. Southeast Pacific: Peru. A doubtful record from Cape San Lucas, Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm 111.0, range 92 - ? cm
Max length : 210 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 36731); common length : 117 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 6181); peso máx. Publicado: 8.0 kg (Ref. 6181); Idade máx. registada: 8 anos (Ref. 117131)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Raios dorsais moles (total) : 98 - 110; Espinhos anais: 2; Raios anais moles: 59 - 66; Vértebras: 105 - 114. Second anal-fin spine plate-like. Pyloric caeca 20 - 29. Body uniformly silvery (Ref. 6181). Pelvic fin very small (Ref. 35388).

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

Occur on continental shelf, along its edge and upper slope down to 400 m (600 m in Australia), usually over sandy and muddy bottoms from 100 to 250 m (over 300 m in Australia). Depth range from 333-620 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Migrate into midwater at night. Form schools; occasionally found inshore in upwelling of deep water when it appears at surface. Feed on crustaceans, small squid and fish (Ref. 6768). Eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 6768).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Parin, Nikolay V. | Colaboradores

Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes,. scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)


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