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Trachichthyidae (Slimeheads)
Etymology: Trachichthys: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Shaw.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 1557 m (Ref. 9872). Deep-water
Indo-Pacific: Prevalent off southwest Australia, in the Great Australian Bight, and in the waters off Tasmania, New South Wales and south Queensland.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9872)
Found in coastal shallow water (Ref. 9872). Also in Ref. 9137.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kotlyar, A.N., 1980. Systematic and distribution of trachichthyid fishes (Trachichthyidae, Beryciformes) of the Indian ocean. Trudy Inst. Okeanol. 110:177-224. (Ref. 9872)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 8.4 - 17.3, mean 10.3 °C (based on 118 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01660 (0.00733 - 0.03756), b=3.05 (2.85 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): (0 of 100) .
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 14.3 [5.3, 41.1] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.224 [0.105, 0.489] mg/100g ; Protein = 17.9 [16.5, 19.4] % ; Omega3 = 0.221 [0.085, 0.619] g/100g ; Selenium = 6.72 [2.52, 17.18] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 115 [20, 627] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.55 [0.32, 1.02] mg/100g (wet weight);