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Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes) > Aphanopodinae
Etymology: Aphanopus: Greek, aphanes = hidden + Greek, pous = foot (Ref. 45335).
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 300 - 1408 m (Ref. 6181). Deep-water; 50°N - 35°S, 105°E - 14°E (Ref. 6181)
Atlantic Ocean: in moderately warm and tropical waters; it has not been found only off the coast of South America. In the eastern Atlantic, it is found off western Sahara, Congo and Angola, from Sierra Leone submarine rise and Pilberry Seamount (Ref. 10818).
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 148 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 108735)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 39 - 44; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 54 - 59; Spine anali: 2; Raggi anali molli: 46 - 50; Vertebre: 102 - 108. Pelvic fins represented by a single spine in juveniles inserted before the base of the pectoral fins but entirely absent in adults. Body is coppery black with iridescent tint. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: compressed.
Adults benthopelagic from 800 to 1,350 m, juveniles mesopelagic from 300 to 500 m (Ref. 6181). Up until recently, fisheries catch landings of A. carbo, a sympatric species in the waters of Canary and Madeira islands, were mixed with A. intemedius.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Displays determinate fecundity (Ref. 108695). Mature individuals undertake horizontal migration to spawning and nursery grounds (Ref. 108708).
Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes,. scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: commerciale
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 6.2 - 13.7, mean 9.4 °C (based on 190 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00110 (0.00060 - 0.00201), b=3.09 (2.93 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 4.3 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (K=0.121; tmax=15).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (62 of 100).
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Vulnerabilità climatica (Ref.
125649): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
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Nutrienti (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 7.2 [3.4, 23.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.204 [0.058, 0.575] mg/100g; Protein = 15.8 [14.1, 17.6] %; Omega3 = 0.277 [0.112, 0.714] g/100g; Selenium = 42.9 [11.2, 142.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.3 [2.0, 59.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.373 [0.178, 0.733] mg/100g (wet weight);