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Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes) > Trichiurinae
Etymology: Trichiurus: Greek, thrix = hair + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino; salobre bentopelágico. Tropical; 21°N - 6°N, 76°E - 87°E (Ref. 6181)
Distribución
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Indian Ocean: east coast of India from Hooghly estuaries to Gulf of Mannar.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6181); common length : 30.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6181)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 4; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 116 - 129; Radios blandos anales: 85. Body extremely elongate, compressed and tapering to a point. Pelvic and caudal fins absent; anal fin reduced to minute spinules. Anterior margin of the pectoral-fin spine serrated. Fresh specimens bright silvery white with semi-transparent dorsal- and anal-fin membranes; body becomes darker in formalin.
Benthopelagic to pelagic, in coastal waters and estuaries, comes often near the surface at night. Feeds on a wide variety of small fish and crustaceans. Caught mainly with shore seines, bag nets and coastal bottom trawls, mixed with other trichiurids in catches on the east coast of India. Marketed fresh and dried salted.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes,. scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00191 (0.00078 - 0.00466), b=3.12 (2.91 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.66 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
