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Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Etymology: Bajacalifornia: Taken from this peninsula in America (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 892 - 966 m (Ref. 95664). Deep-water, preferred ?
Distribution
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Western Pacific: Japan and Philippines.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40777)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 17-18;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 14 - 15. Body elongate and subcylindrical. Mouth very large and oblique, maxillary extending below posterior margin of eye. Lower jaw much projected beyond the upper, and provided with a pointed bony knob at symphysis directed forward and downward. Transverse scales very few, about 13 (Ref. 559). Scales deciduous. Pyloric caeca 21 (Ref. 40777).
Collected with an otter trawl (Ref. 95664).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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