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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cetomimiformes (Whalefishes) > Barbourisiidae (Velvet whalefishes)

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 120 - 2000 m (Ref. 50610). Deep-water

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5951)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19-22; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15 - 18. Mouth large, maxillary extending far beyond eye (Ref. 559) Lower jaw projecting beyond the upper (Ref. 559). Teeth on both jaws broad villiform bands (Ref. 559). Body and each fin with minute spinules, the surface velvety to the touch. Lateral line opening as distinct pores (Ref. 559).

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Throughout the world ocean in tropical and temperate latitudes (Ref. 9842). Eastern Atlantic: one specimen from off Cape Bojador south of the Canary Islands; unrecorded specimens taken between Guinea and Angola. Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to the Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 29076). Western Indian Ocean: off Madagascar. Eastern Pacific: one specimen captured off northern central California, USA (Ref. 2850). Western Pacific: Japan to New Caledonia, Australia (Ref. 7300) and New Zealand (Ref. 5755).

Juveniles mesopelagic, adults benthopelagic. Presumably feed on crustaceans.

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Paxton, John | Collaborators

Paxton, J.R. and D.J. Blake, 1990. Barbourisiidae. p. 606. 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.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 1.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00000 (0.00000 - 0.00000), b=0.00 (0.00 - 0.00), based on (Ref. 93245).

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.41 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278): .

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Barbourisia rufa Parr, 1945