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Bathylagidae (Deep-sea smelts)
Etymology: Lipolagus: Greek, lipos = fat + Greek, lagos = hare (Ref. 45335); ochotensis: ochotensis which means bearing ears (Ref. 6885).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batipelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 930 - 6100 m (Ref. 50550). Deep-water; 66°N - 36°S, 135°E - 114°W
Northwest Pacific: Suruga Bay in Japan, Sea of Okhotsk (Ref. 6885) and the Bering Sea. Northeast Pacific: off British Columbia, Canada to northern Baja California, Mexico (Ref. 6885). Southwest Pacific: Australia (Ref. 7300).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.3 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 80637)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 10 - 12; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 13 - 16. Body slender and compressed. Anal fin base slightly shorter than dorsal fin base or caudal peduncle. Eye diameter longer than snout. dorsal end of gill slit reaching above midline of side of body. Traces of detached scales are not marked. Branchiostegal rays: 2 (Ref. 35604).
Oviparous. With planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 35604). Adults generally within mesopelagic depths (Ref. 96339).
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 1.6 - 2.4, mean 1.8 °C (based on 915 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00298 - 0.01275), b=2.99 (2.80 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).