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Trachipterus arcticus  (Brünnich, 1788)

Dealfish
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Lampriformes (Velifers, tube-eyes and ribbonfishes) > Trachipteridae (Ribbonfishes)
Etymology: Trachipterus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 300 - 600 m (Ref. 35388).   Deep-water, preferred ?; 72°N - 25°N, 62°W - 25°E

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Northeast Atlantic: Norway and Iceland to Madeira Islands; one report from Spain in the Mediterranean. Western Atlantic: New York to southern Florida in USA. Populations in western Atlantic are probably a separate species (Ref. 7251).

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Maturity: Lm ?, range 200 - ? cm
Max length : 300 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35388)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Probably solitary although occasional aggregations have been reported, either for feeding or breeding purposes. Feeds on small fishes and squids (Ref. 6392). Sexually mature at a length of 200cm and an age of 14 years (Ref. 35388). Eggs, larvae, and young are pelagic (Ref. 6392).

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Palmer, G., 1986. Trachipteridae. p. 729-732. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6392)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.5166   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278):  4.5   ±0.62 se; Based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 69278):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (tm=14; Fec = 500,000).
Prior r = 0.17, 2 SD range = 0.04 - 0.73, log(r) = -1.77, SD log(r) = 0.73, Based on: 1 K, 1 tgen, 1 Fec records
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (85 of 100) .