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Aulopiformes (Grinners) >
Aulopidae (Aulopus)
Etymology: Aulopus: Greek, aulos = flute + Greek, pous = foot (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Jean Cadenat (1908–1992) of the University of Dakar, was a French researcher and ichthyologist at the ‘Office de la recherche scientifique et technique outre-mer’, where he was Director of the Marine Biological Section of the Institute Français [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Poll.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ekologi
marina bottenlevande; djupintervall 50 - 1000 m (Ref. 27000). Deep-water
Southeast Atlantic: presumably restricted to tropical northwestern Africa.
Size / Vikt / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 4471)
Found on continental shelf and slope. Feeds on fishes (Ref. 3548).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver
Sulak, K.J., 1990. Aulopidae. p. 349-350. In J.C. Quero, 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. 1. (Ref. 4471)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fiskeri: mindre kommeriell
Verktyg
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 7.3 - 14.1, mean 11 °C (based on 37 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00186 - 0.01072), b=3.12 (2.91 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.73 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).
