Alepocephalidae

• Main Authors: Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio, Serrano, Alberto
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Osmeriformes; Alepocephalidae; Greenland; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618884; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/AC642D143A44FFC534F2FCB1DC3B2BDA

Family Alepocephalidae Alepocephalus rostratus Risso, 1820 —Risso's smooth-head 72 specimens were caught at depths between 781 and 1,683 m. Length data were available for 51 specimens ranging from 18 to 65 cm TL (43.7±13.2). Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal, over soft bottoms at about 300–3,600 m depth, usually at 300–1,600 m. Eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Iceland to Namibia and western Mediterranean Sea. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HHV (FishBase). Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879 —Baird's smooth-head 1,895 specimens were caught at depths between 711 and 1,809 m. Length data were available for 1,228 specimens ranging from 13 to 89 cm TL (64.4±12.1). Biometry and meristic: 6 specimens 521–817 mm TL, 443– 708 mm SL; HL: 23.8–28.3; PO: 4.5–5.1; POL: 14.4–17.4; ED: 4.6–7.0; IOW: 3.4–4.4; PD: 55.6–66.4; LD: 12.4– 15.4; PA: 56.1–68.9; LA: 13.8–17.2, PP: 24.6–29.9; PV: 40.6–49.2; LP: 7.7–11.5; LV: 4.9–5.6; H: 17.8–20.5; D: 20–22; A: 21–24; P: 10–13; V: 8–9; Gr: 8–11+1+18–19; SLL: 61–64. Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal over ooze and sand bottoms at a depth range of 365–2,500 m. Eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Greenland and Iceland southward to 17°N and western Atlantic Ocean, from Greenland to Grand Banks and 29°52'N, 77°09'W. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HHV (FishBase). Xenodermichthys copei (Gill, 1884) —Bluntsnout smooth-head 69 specimens were caught at depths between 735 and 1,640 m. Length data were available for 49 specimens ranging from 6 to 19 cm TL (14±2.8). Habitat and Distribution: mesopelagic to benthopelagic as adults, between 100–2,650 m, usually at 100–1,230 m depth. Widely distributed in the Atlantic, eastern Pacific and Indian oceans. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MV (FishBase). Rouleina attrita (Vaillant, 1888) —Softskin smooth-head 248 specimens were caught at depths between 1,470 and 1,809 m. Length data were available for all specimens, ranging from 6 to 49 cm TL (25.4±9.6). Habitat and Distribution: bathypelagic at depth range 450– 2,300 m. Circumglobal, widely distributed in the ...