Faeroe Islands country information

Common names: Glámur, Slætthøvd
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: During the summer 1939, date and depth unknown, fishermen from Mykines caught 2 specimens on hook and donated them to the Tórshavn Museum. One of the specimens was a big female, 92 cm, and a detailed description is given in the reference.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fo.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Joensen, J.S. and Å. Vedel Tåning, 1970
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Osmeriformes (Smelts) > Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
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Common names from other countries

Плешан, Alépocéphale de Baird, Talismán celindra, ... more

Main reference

Markle, D.F. and J.-C. Quéro. 1984. (Ref. 4736)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 100.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4460); max. reported age: 38 years (Ref. 41452)

Length at first maturity
L_m 55.0 range ? - ? cm

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 365 - 1700 m (Ref. 4460)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred 10°C (Ref. 107945); 67°N - 17°N, 78°W - 4°E

Distribution

Eastern Atlantic: Greenland and Iceland southward to 17°N. Western Atlantic: Greenland to Grand Banks and 29°52'N, 77°09'W.
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Found over ooze and sand bottoms (Ref. 4736). Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Feeds mostly on coelenterates, but also decapods, tunicates and fishes (Ref. 4736).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Data deficient (DD)

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor 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)
3.7 ±0.54 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.077; tmax=38; Fec = 458 (per batch))

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High to very high vulnerability (70 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879