Ahliesaurus berryi
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Aulopiformes
Notosudidae (Waryfishes)
Ahliesaurus
Ahliesaurus berryi
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated. Olive brown in color, edges of scale pockets blackish; 2 black bands formed by peritoneum showing through body wall; blackish triangular spot on caudal base (Ref. 6602).
Distribution
Tropical and subtropical Atlantic, southwestern Indian and central South Pacific oceans.
Habitat Associations
Marine. bathypelagic. depth range 0-2000 m.
Biology
Mesopelagic to bathypelagic (Ref. 6602). Sometimes taken at depths greater than 500 m (Ref. 6602). Feeds on smaller plankton, mainly copepods. Hermaphrodite, spawning probably occurs in the North Atlantic in a belt stretching across the ocean in subtropical latitudes. Specimens approaching sexual maturity lose their teeth and gillrakers completely (Ref. 6689) suggesting semelparity (RF).
Max length: 26.9 cm SL.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2013-05-15. Resilience: Low (Assuming semelparity and tm>5).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Krefft, G. (1990) Notosudidae. p. 361-364. In J.C. Quero, 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. 1.
Krefft, G. (1986) Notosudidae. p. 268-270. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anonymous (2000) Fish collection database of the Intitut fur Seefischerei (ISH). BIOLAB Forschungsinstitut, Hohenwestedt, Germany.
Hureau, J.-C. and T. Monod (eds.) (1979) Supplement. Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean. p.339-394. In J.-C. Hureau and Th. Monod (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean.United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France. Vols 1-2. 683 p.
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