Benthalbella elongata

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Benthalbella elongata (Norman, 1937)

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Scopelarchidae (Pearleyes)
Etymology: Benthalbella: A possible interpretation is related to Greek, benthos = the deep sea + Latin, albus = white; but it is need more information.
More on author: Norman.

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 500 - ? m. Deep-water; 35°S - 69°S

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Circumglobal in the southern hemisphere from about 40°S to Antarctica.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5174)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults mesopelagic (below 500 m); larvae in upper 200 m (Ref. 5174).

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Post, A., 1990. Scopelarchidae. p. 134-135. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5174)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 0.1 - 2.7, mean 1.9 °C (based on 619 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5313   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.67 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low vulnerability (19 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 30.8 [9.8, 89.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.363 [0.123, 1.143] mg/100g; Protein = 15.7 [12.6, 18.2] %; Omega3 = 0.113 [0.030, 0.350] g/100g; Selenium = 21.1 [6.5, 57.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 29.6 [3.4, 235.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.468 [0.250, 0.927] mg/100g (wet weight);