MadeiraFish

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Scientific name: Alepocephalus rostratus Nome comum: Celindra Common name: Risso's smooth-head Classification: CHORDATA > ACTINOPTERYGII > Osmeriformes > Alepocephalidae Description: A medium-sized deep-water fish. Body fairly elongate and compressed, with large head and large eyes. Head without scales. Opercle voluminous. Single dorsal and anal fins placed far back in the body, opposite each other. No spinal fin rays. Dark purple or brown; juveniles with an unpigmented strip along the dorsal and anal fin bases. Global Distribution: Eastern Atlantic and Western Mediterranean.   View Map BIOLOGICAL FEATURES Size: Maximum length 50.0 cm (standard length). Age: Maximum reported age 23 years. Weight length rel.: Bayesian estimated length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00272 - 0.00881), b=3.06 (2.89 - 3.23). Growth type: von Bertallanfy growth parameters: Reproduction: Maturity: 27.7 cm Behavioural ecology: Population structure & migrations: ECOLOGICAL FEATURES Depth range: FishBase: 300 - 2250 m. Habitat: Bathydemersal. Found over soft bottoms. Feeding habits: Feeds on pelagic crustaceans like euphausiids, decapods and mysids. Trophic level: FishBase: 3.5 FISHERIES Commercial interest: Caught occasionally. Low commercial interest. Conservation status: Global: Not evaluated. Europe: Least concern. Nutritional information & food safety: REFERENCES Carpenter K.E., ed. (2002). The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 2: Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome, pp. 601-1374. Froese R., Pauly D., editors (2011). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, (06/2014). www.fishbase.org/summary/Alepocephalus-rostratus.html Hureau J.-C., ed. (1984-1985). Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO. Accessed through: Marine Species Identification Portal. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://species-identification.org (2014). IUCN (2014). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. www.iucnredlist.org Nieto A., Ralph G.M., Comeros-Raynal M.T., Kemp J., García Criado M., Allen D.J., Dulvy N.K., Walls R.H.L., Russell B., Pollard D., García S., Craig M., Collette B.B., Pollom R., Biscoito M., Labbish Chao N., Abella A., Afonso P., Álvarez H., Carpenter K.E., Clò S., Cook R., Costa M.J., Delgado J., Dureuil M., Ellis J.R., Farrell E.D., Fernandes P., Florin A-B., Fordham S., Fowle, S., Gil de Sola L., Gil Herrera J., Goodpaster A., Harvey M., Heessen H., Herler J., Jung A., Karmovskaya E., Keskin C., Knudsen S.W., Kobyliansky S., Kovačić M., Lawson J.M., Lorance P., McCully Phillips S., Munroe T., Nedreaas K., Nielsen J., Papaconstantinou C., Polidoro B., Pollock C.M., Rijnsdorp A.D., Sayer C., Scott J., Serena F., Smith-Vaniz W.F., Soldo A., Stump E., Williams J.T. (2015). Europen Red List of Marine Fishes. IUCN and European Union, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 90 pp.