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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: One specimen (12.5 cm SL) caught by an otter trawl in 892-966 m (Ref. 95664).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Iwamoto, T. and J.E. McCosker, 2014
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Setarchidae (Deep-sea bristly scorpionfishes)
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Common names from other countries

Pez diablo de profundidad, 深海鲉, 黑鲉, ... more

Main reference

Eschmeyer, W.N. and B.B. Collette. 1966. (Ref. 11015)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 18.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559); common length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4510)

Environment

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 150 - 2000 m (Ref. 559), usually 500 - 850 m (Ref. 36731)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred ?

Distribution

Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and temperate waters. Eastern Atlantic: tropical western Africa. Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to Gulf of Mexico to Suriname.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5 - 7. Swim bladder lacking or rudimentary; bones poorly ossified; spine weak and usually broken during capture; scales thin and deciduous, and white body musculature soft and flabby (Ref. 11015). Lateral line more or less a continuous trough covered by thin membranous scales, usually lost during capture (Ref. 10482). Body is black in small specimens; maroon and black in adults (Ref. 11015). Buccal cavity black with patches of bright orange and red in life; pharyngeal teeth red or orange (Ref. 11015).

Among all scorpionfishes, it is structurally best adapted for mid-water existence (Ref. 11015). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feeds mainly on crustaceans, amphipods and sergestid shrimps (Ref. 28023). Anterolateral glandular grooves with venom gland at least in anal-fin spines (Ref. 57406).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Venomous (Ref. 57406)

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.7578 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.1 ±0.30 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (12 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

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