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Genypterus blacodes (Forster, 1801)

Pink cusk-eel
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Hokarai, Hokarari, Kingclip
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
Importance: commercial | Ref: Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.), 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Widespread and common in 200 to 700 m around the southern North Island and South Island (Ref. 9258). Recorded in trawl surveys in Chatham Islands (Ref. 45493) and off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). Also found in the Chatham Islands (Ref. 34024). Also Ref. 9072, 27363.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Ophidiinae
Etymology: Genypterus: Greek, geny, -yos = face, jaw + Greek, pteron, = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Forster.

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

seewasser bathydemersal; ozeanodrom (Ref. 51243); tiefenbereich 22 - 1000 m (Ref. 58489), usually 300 - 550 m (Ref. 6390).   Deep-water; 17°S - 57°S, 114°E - 30°W (Ref. 34024)

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen |
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