Zu elongatus, Taper-tail ribbonfish : fisheries

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Zu elongatus Heemstra & Kannemeyer, 1984

Taper-tail ribbonfish
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> Lampriformes (Velifers, tube-eyes and ribbonfishes) > Trachipteridae (Ribbonfishes)
Eponymy: Zu was the storm god of Babylonian mythology. The etymology commented that it was: “…a fitting name … since, until recent years, these fishes were known mainly from individuals found cast ashore in the wakes of storms.” (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino batipelagico. Deep-water

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Southeast Atlantic: Namibia (Ref. 27121) and off the western Cape coast, South Africa. Southwest Pacific: New Zealand; Andaman and Nicobar waters.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2713)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 142 - 147. Adult specimens preserved in alcohol are tan in color; front of head with triangular dark area extending onto lips and gular region; posterior dorsal rays black; caudal fin black, base of fin pale (Ref. 2713).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Mesopelagic species (Ref. 27121).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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Heemstra, P.C. and S.X. Kannemeyer, 1986. Trachipteridae. p. 399-402. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 2713)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 July 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesca: bycatch
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 2.3 - 3.6, mean 2.8 °C (based on 173 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7510   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  4.0   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (72 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 21.4 [6.7, 47.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.279 [0.113, 0.761] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [16.4, 22.8] %; Omega3 = 0.111 [0.040, 0.285] g/100g; Selenium = 13.8 [4.9, 44.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.2 [1.7, 108.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.417 [0.227, 0.833] mg/100g (wet weight);