Evoxymetopon
taeniatus
Gill, 1863
| |
|
Family:
|
Trichiuridae
(Cutlassfishes), subfamily: Lepidopinae
|
|
|
Order:
|
Perciformes
(perch-likes)
|
|
Class:
|
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
|
|
In this site name:
|
Channel scabbardfish |
|
Max. size:
|
200 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 6181); max. published weight: 1,700 g (Ref. 5217) |
|
Environment: |
benthopelagic; marine; depth range ? – 200 m
|
|
Climate: |
deep-water; 35°N - 29°S, 126°e - 39°w |
|
Importance:
|
fisheries: subsistence fisheries |
|
Resilience: |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.) |
Distribution:
|
Western Atlantic: Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, and off southern Brazil (specimens found at the Institut für Seefischerei, Universität Hamburg collected from 24?0'S, 44?5'W). Northwest Pacific: Cheju Do Island, south of Korean Peninsula.
|
|
Morphology:
|
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 81 - 90;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 60. Lateral line fairly straight, running mid laterally or slightly nearer the ventral contour than the dorsal contour. First anal fin ray scale-like, others ordinal and short. Pelvic fins reduced to a scale-like process spine. Body silvery white with slight red-brownish on dorsal part; several longitudinal pale yellow stripes on body.
|
|
Biology: |
Occurs on the continental slope and sometimes the continental shelf.
|
|
Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
|
|
Dangerous:
|
harmless
|
|
Coordinator: |
Parin, Nikolay V.
|
|
|
