Hoplostethus mediterraneus, Mediterranean slimehead

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Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829

Mediterranean slimehead
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Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Trachichthyidae (Slimeheads)
Etymology: Hoplostethus: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, stetho, stethion = brest; literal = to prick a little breast (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range Écologie

marin benthopélagique; profondeur 100 - 1408 m (Ref. 9942). Subtropical; 68°N - 78°S, 98°W - 167°W

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Carte par point | Introductions | Faunafri

Cosmopolitan. Atlantic. Indian and Pacific oceans and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturité: Lm 16.5, range 13 - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3397); common length : 20.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4784); âge max. reporté: 11 années (Ref. 26316)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Épines dorsales (Total) : 6 - 7; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 12 - 14; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 10. Body dusky pink above, silvery below; paired fins pale (Ref. 4181). Body deep, oval. Scales deciduous, spinules minute, margins usually entire (Ref. 37108).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

This species is reported to be pelagic in Maul, 1990 (Ref. 3583); however, Schneider, 1990 (Ref. 2683) indicates the species is demersal. Found over muddy bottom (Ref. 26999).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur : Moore, Jon A. | Collaborateurs

Maul, G.E., 1990. Trachichthyidae. p. 620-622. In J.C. Quéro, 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. 3583)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Préoccupation mineure (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Menace pour l'homme

  Harmless





Utilisations par l'homme

Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Réf. 123201): 4.5 - 15.9, mean 10.3 °C (based on 1342 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Réf. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00830 - 0.01517), b=3.05 (2.96 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278):  3.5   ±0.53 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 11.9 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Résilience (Réf. 120179):  Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (K=0.11; tmax=11).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (67 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low vulnerability (7 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 36 [14, 170] mg/100g; Iron = 0.667 [0.323, 1.472] mg/100g; Protein = 17.1 [15.7, 18.4] %; Omega3 = 0.347 [0.140, 0.941] g/100g; Selenium = 51.9 [22.6, 114.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 15.4 [3.6, 73.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.714 [0.457, 1.152] mg/100g (wet weight);