Bathypterois dubius
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Aulopiformes
Ipnopidae
Bathypterois
Bathypterois dubius
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated.
Distribution
Atlantic Ocean: apparently restricted to the northern Atlantic Ocean.
Habitat Associations
Marine. bathydemersal. depth range 750-1941 m.
Biology
Found on continental slope and rise between temperatures of 12°C to 4°C (Ref. 3590). Usually solitary; probably forms occasional aggregates. Feeds on mysids and benthopelagic copepods. Synchronously hermaphroditic (Ref. 6688)
Max length: 20.5 cm SL.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2013-05-15. Resilience: Medium (k=0.13-0.4).
References
Merrett, N.R. (1990) Chlorophthalmidae. p. 351-360. 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.
Carrassón, M. and J. Matallanas (2001) Feeding ecology of the Mediterranean spiderfish, Bathypterois mediterraneus (pisces:Chlorophthalmidae), on the western Mediterranean slope. Fish Bull. 99:266-274.
Sulak, K.J. (1977) The systematics and biology of Bathypterois (Pisces, Chlorophthalmidae) with a revised classification of benthic myctophiform fishes. Galathea Report 14:49-108.
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