Zanclorhynchus spinifer, Antarctic horsefish : fisheries

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Zanclorhynchus spinifer Günther, 1880

Antarctic horsefish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Zanclorhynchidae (Horsefishes)
Etymology: Zanclorhynchus: Greek, za = an aumentative particle + Greek, agkilo = hook + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335);  spinifer: Named for its type locality, Ridge of Hercules..
More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 1000 m (Ref. 87547). Temperate; 45°S - 55°S

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Southern Ocean: Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard, and Macquarie islands and the Kara-Dag Seamount north-east of the Prince Edward Islands.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5195)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Anal soft rays: 10 - 12; Vertebrae: 34 - 35. This subspecies differs from the nominative subspecies in the degree of development of the arming, particularly, by the cranial spines and of the dorsal fin: arming of fish strong, index of arming (Iar) is more than 13.2; length of first spine D1 7.4-14.7% SL; head length 36.4-39% SL; antedorsal distance 33.7-38.7% SL; length of first spine D1 0.7-1.1 of eye diameter, which is 7.7-11.2% SL; the sum of heights of second, third, and fourth spines D1 exceeds length of second temporal spine by no more than 7.1 times. This subspecies differs from (Ref. 118198).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates, primarily amphipods.

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Heemstra, P.C. and G. Duhamel, 1990. Congiopodidae. p. 229-230. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5195)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 1.3 - 2.9, mean 2.2 °C (based on 17 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7520   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.53 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 38.9 [21.9, 85.5] mg/100g; Iron = 0.405 [0.219, 0.714] mg/100g; Protein = 16.7 [14.3, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 1.05 [0.48, 2.97] g/100g; Selenium = 22.7 [12.0, 50.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14 [4, 39] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.598 [0.429, 0.862] mg/100g (wet weight);