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Albatrossia pectoralis (Gilbert, 1892)

Giant grenadier
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Albatrossia: The name of an oceanographic ship "Albatross" (1888-1900) (Ref. 45335);  pectoralis: pectoralis refering to the long and narrow pectoral fin (Ref. 6885).
More on author: Gilbert.

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

Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 140 - 3500 m (Ref. 50550), usually 700 - 1100 m (Ref. 56476). Deep-water; 62°N - 26°N, 143°E - 115°W (Ref. 1371)

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North Pacific: northern Japan to the Okhotsk and Bering seas, east to the Gulf of Alaska, south to northern Baja California in Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 83.2, range 65 - 102 cm
Max length : 210 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); common length : 85.0 cm male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); max. published weight: 86.0 kg (Ref. 56527); max. reported age: 56 years (Ref. 39270)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 9; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 131. Snout low, slightly protruding beyond the large mouth, without a spinous terminal scute. Scales small, slightly oblong, with moderate-sized median ridge, without spines or with few weak spinules, and 0 to 5 much lower, non-spinulated ridges laterally on exposed field. Swim bladder small, with 2 retia mirabilia. Gray-brown on head and body, each scale with a prominent dark posterior border, fins and lateral line darker; black in mouth, gill cavity, and on peritoneum (Ref. 6885). Branchiostegal rays: 6-6; pyloric caeca: 12-16;

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Young apparently bathypelagic to some degree but become bathydemersal at a size of 50-60 cm (Ref. 1371). Adults feed mainly on cephalopods, fish and shrimps; other food items include ctenophores, echinoderms, worms, crabs, and amphipods (Ref. 1371). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36385).

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Oviparous (Ref. 36385).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Iwamoto, Tomio | Collaborators

Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p. (Ref. 1371)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2.2 - 3.5, mean 2.6 °C (based on 120 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00087 (0.00057 - 0.00133), b=3.26 (3.13 - 3.39), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.3   ±0.7 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (tmax >30).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (70 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 10.4 [5.3, 23.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.303 [0.155, 0.627] mg/100g; Protein = 17.2 [15.5, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.226 [0.101, 0.496] g/100g; Selenium = 41 [17, 98] μg/100g; VitaminA = 4.24 [0.83, 19.44] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.232 [0.151, 0.366] mg/100g (wet weight);