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Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Etymology: Talismania: Persian, tilism and taken after Greek, telesma, teleo = to make a sacrifice, and after, talisman.
Eponymy: Dr Alexander Nikolaevich Kotlyar (d: 1950) is a biologist and ichthyologist who was an associate curator of ichthyology at the Zoological Museum of Moscow University in the 1990s and is now Chief Scientist, Laboratory of Oceanic Ichthyofauna, P. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 800 - 1050 m. Subtropical
Indian Ocean: Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2711)
A specimen was taken from a depth between 980-1,050 m (Ref. 2711). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Markle, D.F., 1986. Alepocephalidae. p. 218-223. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 2711)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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