Hemitripterus americanus, Sea raven : bait

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Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)

Sea raven
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Agonidae (Poachers) > Hemitripterinae
Etymology: Hemitripterus: Greek, hemi = half + Greek, tres, tria = three + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gmelin.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 2 - 180 m. Temperate; ? - 16°C (Ref. 27549); 58°N - 36°N, 76°W - 50°W

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Northwest Atlantic: Labrador in Canada to Chesapeake Bay in USA.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 68.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 49746); max. published weight: 3.2 kg (Ref. 7251)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabit rocky or hard bottom and is a voracious eater. Food includes crustaceans, mollusks, sea urchins, fishes such as herring, sand lance and silver hake, and any bottom invertebrates that are available. When taken out of the water the belly becomes inflated so that when returned to the water they are unable to submerge. Adults attach their eggs near the base of a sponge to use as a spawning bed (Ref. 34819, 41075).

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Adults attach their eggs near the base of a sponge to use as a spawning bed (Ref. 34819, 41075).

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Bait: occasionally
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 0.5 - 10.2, mean 3.8 °C (based on 130 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6289   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00197 - 0.01276), b=3.15 (2.93 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.5   ±0.5 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (47 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 32.1 [17.3, 64.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.341 [0.174, 0.650] mg/100g; Protein = 17.2 [15.9, 18.5] %; Omega3 = 0.575 [0.254, 1.525] g/100g; Selenium = 17.2 [8.4, 40.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 24.2 [7.4, 79.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.423 [0.300, 0.618] mg/100g (wet weight);