Albania country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/al.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Sulak, K.J., 1984
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Ipnopidae (Deep-sea tripod fishes)
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Spiderfish, Spider fish, 拟深海狗母鱼, ... more

Issue
Bathypterois mediterraneus (considered as a synonym) may be valid.

Main reference

Merrett, N.R. 1990. (Ref. 3590)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 20.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3590); 20.4 cm TL (female)

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 260 - 2800 m (Ref. 3397), usually 2100 - 2300 m (Ref. 32939)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred ?; - 6°S

Distribution

Eastern Atlantic: northeast Atlantic to off Sierra Leone; one record from the Mediterranean. One record from the northwest Atlantic.
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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).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.4 ±0.45 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (k=0.13-0.4)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 1888