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Ceratiidae (Warty Seadevils)
Etymology: Cryptopsaras: Greek, kryptos =secret, hidden + Greek, psaras = fisherman (referring to this genus' tiny illicial bone, almost entirely covered by tissue of the esca) (Ref. 86949); couesii: Named for the eminent ornithologist Elliot Coues (Ref. 4525).
Eponymy: Dr Elliott Ladd Coues (pronounced ‘cows’) (1842–1899) was a US Army Surgeon who graduated from Columbia University (1861) then being appointed Assistant-Surgeon in the army (1864). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
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Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 0 - 3085 m (Ref. 58018), usually 500 - 1250 m (Ref. 36494). Deep-water; 81°N - 52°S, 180°W - 180°E
Circumglobal: tropical and subtropical.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.3 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4494); 44.0 cm TL (female)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 1; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 4 - 5; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 4; Vertèbres: 20. A large median and two small lateral oval caruncles immediately in front of origin of dorsal fin (Ref. 13608). Branchiostegal rays: 6 (Ref. 36494).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Males dwarfed, becoming parasitic on females. Maximum size of free-living males is 1.05 cm (Ref. 4494). Females are oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36494). Eggs are presumably contained in floating gelatinous rafts (Ref. 36494 ).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Females are oviparous, males are parasitic (Ref. 36494).
Bertelsen, E., 1990. Ceratiidae. p. 510-512. 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. 1. (Ref. 4494)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 2.8 - 10.4, mean 5.6 °C (based on 2308 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 4.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (tm=5).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 58.6 [14.3, 144.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.355 [0.143, 1.175] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [15.4, 21.6] %; Omega3 = 0.237 [0.062, 0.895] g/100g; Selenium = 11.6 [2.7, 41.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 71.7 [6.1, 833.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.655 [0.299, 1.447] mg/100g (wet weight);