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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Filatova, N.A., 1985
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Notacanthiformes (Halosaurs and deep-sea spiny eels) > Halosauridae (Halosaurs)
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Common names from other countries

Allied halosaur, 异鳞拟海蜥鱼, 异鳞海蜴鱼, ... more

Main reference

Sulak, K.J. 1990. (Ref. 4448)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 55.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4448)

Environment

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 730 - 2560 m (Ref. 3974)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred ?

Distribution

Circumglobal, tropical to temperate. Atlantic and Indo-Pacific, except Mediterranean.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12. Body white to grey-brown in color, underside darker (Ref. 3974). Insertion of the pelvic fin only slightly anterior to the origin of the dorsal fin. Lacks scale on the opercle (Ref. 37108).

Occurs on the middle and lower slope primarily above the 4°C isotherm. Hovers within a few meters of substrate, parallel to it or inclined at varying angles (Ref. 6727). Feeds on polychaetes, pelecypods, amphipods and other benthic prey (Ref. 6727).

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 = 0.5156 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.3 ±0.40 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming tmax>10)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Aldrovandia affinis (Günther, 1877)