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Scopelarchus analis (Brauer, 1902)

Short fin pearleye
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Scopelarchidae (Pearleyes)
Etymology: Scopelarchus: Greek, skopelos = a lantern fish + Greek, archos = anus (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 820 m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water

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Circumglobal in warm waters. Eastern Pacific: California Current region off southern California to the Baja California Peninsula. Western Atlantic: Off southeastern USA, the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea (Ref. 37039). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10755)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 9; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 21 - 26; Vertebrae: 44 - 49. Pigment on body limited to dark stripes dorsal and ventral to lateral line (Ref. 6601). Branchiostegal rays: 8.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Oceanic and mesopelagic (Ref. 6601, 58302). Adults have usually been taken in hauls to depths in excess of 500 m although they have also been captured at night in several hauls between 275 to 0 m. Larvae have been captured in hauls restricted to the upper 100 m and have been captured year-round throughout its range (Ref. 10755). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 35929). Synchronous hermaphrodites (Ref. 35929). Adults prey on other midwater fishes (Ref. 6691).

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Oviparous (Ref. 35929).

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Johnson, R.K., 1990. Scopelarchidae. p. 393-397. In J. C. Quero, J. C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 10755)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 May 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 9.2 - 23, mean 14.6 °C (based on 1396 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00347 (0.00144 - 0.00836), b=3.15 (2.94 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.2   ±0.73 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 54.4 [17.1, 176.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.417 [0.138, 1.299] mg/100g; Protein = 15.6 [12.5, 18.2] %; Omega3 = 0.12 [0.03, 0.42] g/100g; Selenium = 11.6 [3.4, 35.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 63.3 [6.8, 555.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.606 [0.318, 1.217] mg/100g (wet weight);