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Lophotidae (Crestfishes)
Etymology: Lophotus: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Bernard Germaine Etienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède (also spelled La Cepède) (1756– 1825), was a French naturalist and politician. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Issue
Species spelling Eschmeyer, pers. comm.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
समुद्री बैथीपिलाजिक; औशिनोड़िरोमस (Ref. 51243); गहराई सीमा 0 - 92 m (Ref. 36608). Deep-water; 51°N - 45°S, 130°W - 158°E
Nearly worldwide in warmer seas. Western Atlantic: Florida in USA to Brazil (Ref. 7251). Eastern Atlantic: western Mediterranean, off Portugal, Madeira and off Canary Islands; also South Africa (Ref. 4165). Western Indian Ocean: recently recorded from Reunion (Ref. 53568). Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA (Ref. 6740). Also reported from Australia (Ref. 9563).
आकार / वज़न / Age
परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 4165); common length : 100.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 3397)
पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 0; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 206 - 263; गुदा कांटा: 0; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 5 - 20; जानवरों की रीड़ का जोड़: 124 - 153. Head and body silvery in color and possibly with silvery spots; fins red (Ref. 4165).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
A rare (Ref. 4165), oceanic, mesopelagic species. Occasionally stranded in shallow water (Ref. 9563). Capable of discharging a black ink from an ink-sac in the cloaca when alarmed. Adults feed on fishes (anchovies) and squids (Ref. 6740). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 36608). Found in stomachs of tunas (Ref. 2850).
Life cycle and mating behavior
परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा
Palmer, G., 1986. Lophotidae. p. 734-735. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6740)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (संदर्भ
123201): 15.2 - 26.9, mean 22.1 °C (based on 1116 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (संदर्भ
82804): PD
50 = 0.5938 [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 (संदर्भ
69278): 4.5 ±0.67 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
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