Saccopharynx ampullaceus, Gulper eel

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Saccopharynx ampullaceus (Harwood, 1827)

Gulper eel
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Saccopharyngiformes (Swallowers and gulpers) > Saccopharyngidae (Swallowers)
Etymology: Saccopharynx: Latin, sacculus = small bag + Greek, pharyngx = pharynx (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 3000 m (Ref. 27000). Deep-water; 73°N - 10°N, 77°W - 1°W

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Eastern Atlantic: scattered records from Greenland to Cape Verde. Also known from Western Atlantic.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 161 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27000)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on fishes. Oviparous, reduction of jaws and complete loss of teeth in sexually mature specimens of both sexes. Mature males with greatly enlarged olfactory organs (Ref. 6718). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

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Nielsen, J.G. and E. Bertelsen, 1990. Saccopharyngidae. p. 204-205. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 6539)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2.1 - 11.1, mean 6.1 °C (based on 371 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.5   ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Assuming semelparity and tm>10).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).