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Trachyrincidae (Armoured grenadiers)
Etymology: Trachyrincus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Sir John Murray (1841–1914) was a Canadian marine naturalist often described as the founder of modern oceanography. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Günther.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 1630 m (Ref. 58426), usually 500 - 1630 m (Ref. 117245). Temperate; 65°N - 42°N, 71°W - 0°E
Northeast Atlantic: Iceland (Ref. 12462). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 40643). Southwest Pacific: east of New Zealand (Ref. 12965).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. )
Epibenthic-pelagic (Ref. 58426); also benthopelagic (Ref.5951). Feeds on crustaceans (Ref. 58426). Max. length (Andrey Dolgov, pers. comm., 2003).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 0.7 - 9, mean 3.7 °C (based on 768 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5176 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.52 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 27 [14, 52] mg/100g; Iron = 0.269 [0.145, 0.501] mg/100g; Protein = 16.6 [15.3, 17.9] %; Omega3 = 0.454 [0.221, 0.864] g/100g; Selenium = 26.3 [11.6, 56.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 22.5 [5.2, 88.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.605 [0.402, 0.927] mg/100g (wet weight);