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Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Chauliodontinae
Etymology: Chauliodus: Greek, chaulios, chaulos, chaunos = to be with the mouth opened + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753) was a physician and avid collector. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 200 - 4700 m (Ref. 74511), usually 494 - 1000 m (Ref. 28981). Deep-water; 70°N - 56°S, 180°W - 180°E
Warm and temperate parts of all oceans but with several distributional gaps in the southern central Atlantic, northern Indian Ocean, eastern Pacific north of the equator, etc. Also found in the western Mediterranean (Ref. 4759). South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref.74511).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 559)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 5 - 8; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 10 - 13. Body iridescent silver in color (Ref. 3981). Slender body, forward position of dorsal fin and greater number of serial photophores (Ref. 37473).
Inhabits deep oceanic waters to more than 1,000 m depth; may migrate to near-surface waters at night (Ref. 4759). Up to depth of 1800 m (Ref. 47377). Depth range 473-1192 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Meso- and bathypelagic from near the surface to 2800 m (Ref. 58302). Oviparous (Ref. 5951). Feeds on midwater fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 4759); mainly on myctophids (Ref. 5951). Lipid content is 2.4 % in fresh body weight and wax ester is 7.2 % in total lipids (Ref. 9193). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Gibbs, R.H. Jr., 1984. Chauliodontidae. p. 336-337. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4759)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2.8 - 11.4, mean 6.4 °C (based on 1838 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00117 (0.00089 - 0.00155), b=3.12 (3.04 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.7 se; based on diet studies.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 15.9 [4.0, 64.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.365 [0.113, 1.146] mg/100g; Protein = 2.93 [0.00, 6.84] %; Omega3 = 0.19 [0.06, 0.64] g/100g; Selenium = 13.4 [4.1, 54.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 45.3 [5.7, 367.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.44 [0.20, 1.07] mg/100g (wet weight);
![Image of Chauliodus sloani (Sloane\](/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Chslo_u5.jpg "Image of Chauliodus sloani (Sloane\")
