Iceland country information

Common names: Djúpkarfi
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 4570.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ic.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://brunnur.stjr.is/interpro/sjavarutv/english.nsf/pages/front
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jonsson, G., 1992
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastinae
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Клювач, Sébaste du Nord, Gallineta nórdica, ... more

Main reference

Hureau, J.-C. and N.I. Litvinenko. 1986. (Ref. 4570)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 58.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 58426); max. reported age: 75 years (Ref. 45673)

Length at first maturity
L_m 43.1 range ? - ? cm

Environment

Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 300 - 1441 m (Ref. 58426)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred 5°C (Ref. 107945); 79°N - 41°N, 67°W - 18°E (Ref. 54886)

Distribution

Eastern Atlantic: Norwegian Sea from Lofoten Island northward to the western and northern coasts of Spitsbergen; southern part of the Barents Sea rarely to 35°E , on the Iceland-Faroes Ridge, Iceland and Greenland. Western Atlantic: Baffin Bay to Nova Scotia in Canada (Ref. 7251).
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Inhabit deep waters (Ref. 4570). Epibenthic-pelagic (Ref. 58426). Bear live young. Gregarious throughout life. Feed on euphausiids, hyperiids, cephalopods, chaetognaths and small fishes. Ovoviviparous (Ref. 4570). Longevity was determined from isotope ratios and given as at least 65 years in general and at least 75 years in the waters off Nova Scotia (Ref. 45673).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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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)
4.1 ±0.66 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (K=0.05-0.10; tm=10-13)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High vulnerability (56 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low

Sebastes mentella Travin, 1951