Biology And Distribution Of Species Of Polyacanthonotus (Pisces, Notacanthiformes) In The Western North-Atlantic
The notacanthid genus Poiyacanthonotus is represented in the Atlantic by three species of demersal deep-sea fishes at depths from about 500-3,800 m. Recent collections have made available new material from the temperate and tropical western North Atlantic for life history study of P. merretti and P....
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ftwilliammarycol:oai:scholarworks.wm.edu:vimsarticles-2555 2024-06-23T07:55:01+00:00 Biology And Distribution Of Species Of Polyacanthonotus (Pisces, Notacanthiformes) In The Western North-Atlantic Crabtree, RE Sulak, KJ Musick, JA 1985-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/1555 https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/vimsarticles/article/2555/viewcontent/biology_crabtree.pdf unknown W&M ScholarWorks https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/1555 https://scholarworks.wm.edu/context/vimsarticles/article/2555/viewcontent/biology_crabtree.pdf VIMS Articles Fisheries Science Peer-Reviewed Articles Marine Biology text 1985 ftwilliammarycol 2024-06-05T03:41:52Z The notacanthid genus Poiyacanthonotus is represented in the Atlantic by three species of demersal deep-sea fishes at depths from about 500-3,800 m. Recent collections have made available new material from the temperate and tropical western North Atlantic for life history study of P. merretti and P. rissoanus. Species of the genus are browsers on small benthic macrofauna including polychaetes, gammaridean amphipods, and mysids. Reproduction does not appear to be seasonal. Fecundity is positively correlated with size in P. merretti, and ranges between 1,900-5,700 ova. Fecundities are much higher (ca. 20,000-30,000 ova) in P. rissoanus and P. cha/lengeri, which attain a larger size. Sex ratios appear highly skewed. Among western Atlantic material, males were found only in P. merretti, with a female: male sex ratio of 25: l. No "bigger-deeper" relationship was found in P. merretti or P. rissoanus. Despite overlapping geographic and bathymetric ranges, species of Poiyacanthonotus tend to be allopatric in distribution. The amphi-Atlantic P. merretti is predominantly tropical at bathyal depths (584-2,000 m). The circumglobal species P. cha/lengeri is predominantly antitropical on the continental rise (1,302-3,753 m, mostly below 2,000 m). The Atlantic species P. rissoanus is also predominantly anti-tropical on the continental slope (500-2,875 m, mostly above 2,000 m). Text North Atlantic W&M ScholarWorks |
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The notacanthid genus Poiyacanthonotus is represented in the Atlantic by three species of demersal deep-sea fishes at depths from about 500-3,800 m. Recent collections have made available new material from the temperate and tropical western North Atlantic for life history study of P. merretti and P. rissoanus. Species of the genus are browsers on small benthic macrofauna including polychaetes, gammaridean amphipods, and mysids. Reproduction does not appear to be seasonal. Fecundity is positively correlated with size in P. merretti, and ranges between 1,900-5,700 ova. Fecundities are much higher (ca. 20,000-30,000 ova) in P. rissoanus and P. cha/lengeri, which attain a larger size. Sex ratios appear highly skewed. Among western Atlantic material, males were found only in P. merretti, with a female: male sex ratio of 25: l. No "bigger-deeper" relationship was found in P. merretti or P. rissoanus. Despite overlapping geographic and bathymetric ranges, species of Poiyacanthonotus tend to be allopatric in distribution. The amphi-Atlantic P. merretti is predominantly tropical at bathyal depths (584-2,000 m). The circumglobal species P. cha/lengeri is predominantly antitropical on the continental rise (1,302-3,753 m, mostly below 2,000 m). The Atlantic species P. rissoanus is also predominantly anti-tropical on the continental slope (500-2,875 m, mostly above 2,000 m). |
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Biology And Distribution Of Species Of Polyacanthonotus (Pisces, Notacanthiformes) In The Western North-Atlantic |
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Biology And Distribution Of Species Of Polyacanthonotus (Pisces, Notacanthiformes) In The Western North-Atlantic |
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Biology And Distribution Of Species Of Polyacanthonotus (Pisces, Notacanthiformes) In The Western North-Atlantic |
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Biology And Distribution Of Species Of Polyacanthonotus (Pisces, Notacanthiformes) In The Western North-Atlantic |
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Biology And Distribution Of Species Of Polyacanthonotus (Pisces, Notacanthiformes) In The Western North-Atlantic |
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biology and distribution of species of polyacanthonotus (pisces, notacanthiformes) in the western north-atlantic |
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