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Zaproridae (Prowfish)
Etymology: silenus: Named after Silenus, a drunkard demigod who fell in a marsh on a revel and became covered with slime (Ref. 6885). More on author: Jordan.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 675 m (Ref. 50550), usually 0 - 500 m (Ref. 28981). Boreal; 0°C - 4°C (Ref. 56462), preferred ?; 66°N - 34°N
North Pacific: Hokkaido, Japan and western Kamchatka, Russia to Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea, Attu Island in the Aleutian chain and San Miguel Island, California, USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 57.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 88.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); common length : 42.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56462); max. published weight: 7.0 kg (Ref. 56462); max. reported age: 9 years (Ref. 56462)
Adults occur near bottom (Ref. 2850). Young to 7.2 cm are pelagic or bathypelagic, usually associated with jellyfish (Ref. 6885). Juveniles take shelter under the medusae and are often mistaken for medusafish Icichthys lockingtoni (Ref. 50276).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 1.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01698 (0.00667 - 0.04322), b=2.97 (2.75 - 3.19), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic Level (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.1 se; Based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref.
69278): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm= 5.1; K= 0.18).
Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100) .