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Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829

Mediterranean slimehead
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Greece country information

Common names: Oplostithos, Οπλόστηθος
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from the Eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 95775). Also Ref. 3397.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Papaconstantinou, C., 2014
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes(Gênero, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Trachichthyidae (Slimeheads)
Etymology: Hoplostethus: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, stetho, stethion = brest; literal = to prick a little breast (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas bentopelágico; intervalo de profundidade 100 - 1408 m (Ref. 9942).   Subtropical; 68°N - 78°S, 98°W - 167°W

Distribuição Países | Áreas da FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Cosmopolitan. Atlantic. Indian and Pacific oceans and the Mediterranean.

Comprimento de primeira maturação / Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm 16.5, range 13 - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 3397); common length : 20.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 4784); idade máx. registrada: 11 anos (Ref. 26316)

Descrição suscinta Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 6 - 7; Raios dorsais (total) : 12 - 14; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais : 10. Body dusky pink above, silvery below; paired fins pale (Ref. 4181). Body deep, oval. Scales deciduous, spinules minute, margins usually entire (Ref. 37108).

Biologia     Glossário (p.ex. epibenthic)

This species is reported to be pelagic in Maul, 1990 (Ref. 3583); however, Schneider, 1990 (Ref. 2683) indicates the species is demersal. Found over muddy bottom (Ref. 26999).

Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Moore, Jon A. | Colaboradores

Maul, G.E., 1990. Trachichthyidae. p. 620-622. In J.C. Quéro, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3583)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)

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