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Icosteidae (Ragfish)
Etymology: Icosteus: Greek, eikoo = to sag, to bend something that is soft + Greek, osteon = bone.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 0 - 1420 m (Ref. 50550), usually 18 - 732 m (Ref. 2850). Deep-water; 66°N - 32°N
North Pacific: Japan to southeastern Alaska and to Point Loma, southern California, USA.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 213 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2850)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 52 - 55; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 34 - 40. Pectorals rounded, pedunculate (Ref. 6885). Generally of a chocolate color (Ref. 6885). Young more robust, with an expanded and rounded caudal fin, 5 pelvic rays, and a brown and yellow irregularly blotched with faint purple color, dusky on fins (Ref. 6885).
Adults occur near bottom; juveniles in shallow water or offshore near the surface (Ref. 50277). Feeds on jellyfish (Ref. 50277), fishes and squids (Ref. 2850), as well as octopuses (Ref. 4525).
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries:
Outils
Articles particuliers
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2 - 14.1, mean 6.2 °C (based on 1370 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.57 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 8.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (K=0.13; Fec=293,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100).
