Radiicephalus elongatus, Tapertail

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Radiicephalus elongatus Osório, 1917

Tapertail
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Lampriformes (Velifers, tube-eyes and ribbonfishes) > Radiicephalidae (Tapertails)
Etymology: Radiicephalus: Latin, radius + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).

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

marino; distribuzione batimetrica 570 - ? m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water; 38°N - 40°S, 130°W - 20°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: off Morocco and the Azores (Ref. 6739) southward to Cape Point, South Africa (Ref. 6551). Eastern Pacific: present in the California Current region (Ref. 36609).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 76.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4506)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale): 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 152-160; Spine anali 0; Raggi anali molli: 6 - 7; Vertebre: 114 - 121. Body and tail silvery in color; dorsal base blackish (Ref. 6551). Branchiostegal rays: 4-6 (Ref. 36609). Pelvic fins absent in adults.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Mesopelagic species (Ref. 6808). Adults feed on lantern-fishes (Myctophidae) and possibly euphausiid crustaceans (Ref. 6739). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36609). They have the ability to discharge dark brown fluid from the ink-sac when alarmed.

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

Oviparous (Ref. 36609).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Aguiar, A. and J.-C. Quéro, 1990. Trachipteridae. p. 647-649. 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. 2. (Ref. 4506)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Genere, Specie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | Database Nazionali | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, ricerca | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 4.5 - 7, mean 5.8 °C (based on 5 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.5000   [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 (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.63 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).