Mediterranean slimehead
📖 Overview
This species is reported to be pelagic in Maul, 1990 ; however, Schneider, 1990 indicates the species is demersal. Found over muddy bottom .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 10. Body dusky pink above, silvery below; paired fins pale . Body deep, oval. Scales deciduous, spinules minute, margins usually entire .: short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Mediterranean slimehead is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 100 - 1408 m . Subtropical; 68°N - 78°S, 98°W - 167°W Pacific oceans and the Mediterranean.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Black-mouthed Alfonsin · Blackmouth Roughy · Blacktip Sawbelly · Common Sawbelly · Fough Fish · Mediterranean Sawbelly · Mediterranean Slime-head Fish · Mediterranean redfish · Mediterranean slimehead · Mediterranean slimehead, Silver Roughy · New Zealand Saw-belly · New Zealand Sawbelly · Pink · Sawbelly · Slimehead · rosy soldierfish · rough-fish · silver roughy · Rosy Soldier Fish |
| 🌍CES | červenice prostřední · červenice středomořská |
| 🇩🇪German | Mittelmeer-Sägebauch |
| 🌍ELL | Oplosteto · Οπλόστηθος Μεσογείου |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | välimerenroussi |
| 🇫🇷French | Hoplostète argenté, Poisson-montre · Poisson Montre · hoplostète argenté |
| 🌍HEB | צינתן ים-תיכוני |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Mupu 'mperiali · O'ola · Pesce volpe · Piscatrixi · Pisci id russi · Pisci pitroli |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | シソヒウチ |
| 🌍MLT | Gurdien tal-warda |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Middellandse-Zeedorie |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Olho-de-vidro · Olho-de-vidro-do-Mediterrâneo |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Средиземноморский большеголов |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Peloj · Reloj · Reloj Mediterráneo · Reloj de Nueva Zelanda |
| 🌍SQI | Peshk pallua |
| 🌍TUR | kutuk baligi |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 地中海胸棘鯛 · 地中海胸燧鯛 · 紅胸燧鯛 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoplostethus intermedius | Hector | 1875 | Synonym |
| Hoplostethus mediterraneus mediterraneus | Cuvier | 1829 | Synonym |
| Hoplostethus mediterraneus sonodae | Kotlyar | 1986 | Synonym |
| Hoplostethus mediterraneus trunovi | Kotlyar | 1986 | Synonym |
| Hoplostetus mediterraneus | Cuvier | 1829 | Synonym |
| Korsogaster nanus | Parr | 1933 | Synonym |
| Trachichthys intermedius | Hector | 1875 | Synonym |
| Trachichthys pretiosus | Lowe | 1839 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 297 records indexed .
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