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Common names: Hokarai, Hokarari, Kingclip
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
Importance: commercial | Ref: Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.), 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Widespread and common in 200 to 700 m around the southern North Island and South Island (Ref. 9258). Recorded in trawl surveys in Chatham Islands (Ref. 45493) and off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). Also found in the Chatham Islands (Ref. 34024). Also Ref. 9072, 27363.
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Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Ophidiinae
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Common names from other countries

Конгрио черный, Abadèche rosé, Congribadejo rosado, ... more

Main reference

Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins. 1999. (Ref. 34024)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 200 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 34024); common length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9258); max. published weight: 25.0 kg (Ref. 34024); max. reported age: 30 years (Ref. 9072)

Length at first maturity
L_m 72.0 range ? - ? cm

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 22 - 1000 m (Ref. 58489), usually 300 - 550 m (Ref. 6390)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred 16°C (Ref. 107945); 17°S - 57°S, 114°E - 30°W (Ref. 34024)

Distribution

Southwest Pacific: southern Australia and around New Zealand. Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068). Southwest Atlantic: Brazil (Ref. 4517).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 141-164; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 101 - 126; Vertebrae: 68 - 70. Body pinkish yellow, marbled with irregular reddish brown blotches dorsally (Ref. 27363).

Common species (Ref. 34024). Found between depths of 22 m (Ref. 58489) and 1000 m (Ref. 33848). Feed mainly on crustaceans such as Munida and scampi and also on fish. Also caught above the bottom when feeding on hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae) during the hoki spawning season. Available all year round. Juveniles are found in shallower shelf waters (Ref. 6390). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). Utilized fresh, frozen or smoked; can be fried and baked (Ref. 9988, 34024).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial

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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)
4.2 ±0.76 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.1-0.23; tmax=30; tm=5-7)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Very high vulnerability (79 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Medium

Genypterus blacodes (Forster, 1801)