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Body symmetry
Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
Definition:
being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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are parasitized by
Global Biotic Interactions
Acanthobothrium rajaebatis (Rudolphi 1810) Euzet 1959
Global Biotic Interactions
Echinobothrium affine Diesing 1863
auditory system
Ladich and Popper 2004
otoliths
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q591800
Definition:
Inner-ear structure in vertebrates which detects acceleration and may detect acoustic signals
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body length
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World Register of Marine Species
230 cm
(male, max)
World Register of Marine Species
202 cm
(female, max)
MADtraits
200 cm
(max)
MADtraits
125 cm
(average)
Fishbase
230 cm
(male or unsexed, adult)
cellularity
Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
Definition:
A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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conservation status
IUCN
endangered
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/endangered
Definition:
A taxon is Endangered when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the \r\ncriteria A to E for Endangered, and it is therefore considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
Attribution:
http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria
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Global Biotic Interactions
Raja straeleni Poll 1951 (Biscuit Skate)
Global Biotic Interactions
Scyliorhinus capensis (Müller & Henle 1838) (Dogfish)
Global Biotic Interactions
Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen 1791) (Atun)
Global Biotic Interactions
Sardinops sagax (Jenyns 1842) (Pacific sardine)
Global Biotic Interactions
Etrumeus sadina (Mitchill 1814) (Atlantic round herring)
geographic distribution
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World Register of Marine Species
Madagascar
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/1062947
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South Africa
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/953987
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World Register of Marine Species
Africa
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/6255146
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World Register of Marine Species
North Sea
URI:
http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/2350
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World Register of Marine Species
Bay Of Biscay
URI:
http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/2359
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habitat
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coastal
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000687
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continental slope
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000273
Definition:
A slope which is part of the seafloor and extends from the end of the continental shelf (the shelf break) to the continental rise.
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bay
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000032
Definition:
An area of water bordered by land on three sides.
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TreatmentBank
bay
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000032
Definition:
An area of water bordered by land on three sides.
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MADtraits
benthic
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/benthic
Definition:
Living at the bottom of a body of water.
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harvested in
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FAO Fishery Statistics
Italy
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/3175395
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FAO Fishery Statistics
France
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/3017382
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FAO Fishery Statistics
United Kingdom
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/2635167
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FAO Fishery Statistics
Spain
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/2510769
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FAO Fishery Statistics
Malta
URI:
http://www.geonames.org/2562770
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have endoparasite
Global Biotic Interactions
Echinobothrium affine Diesing 1863
hearing range
Ladich and Popper 2004
40 Hz
(min)
Ladich and Popper 2004
300 Hz
(max)
latitude
OBIS environmental data records
56.2167 degrees
(max)
OBIS environmental data records
-36.5 degrees
(min)
locomotion
Lindsey 1978
pectoral fin swimming
URI:
https://eol.org/schema/terms/pectoral_fins
Definition:
swimming mainly using undulations of the pectoral fins
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longitude
OBIS environmental data records
-18 degrees
(min)
OBIS environmental data records
43.5022 degrees
(max)
migration
MADtraits
nonmigratory
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/nonmigratory
Definition:
Does not make seasonal movements between breeding and wintering grounds.
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mineralized skeleton contains
Mineralogy
hydroxylapatite
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52255
Definition:
A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).
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mineralized tissue contains
Mineralogy
hydroxylapatite
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52255
Definition:
A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).
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Mineralogy
apatite
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52254
Definition:
A phosphate mineral with the general formula Ca5(PO4)3X where X = OH, F or Cl
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number of dna records in ggbn
GGBN data coverage
5
number of specimens in ggbn
GGBN data coverage
5
parental care
MADtraits
oviparous
URI:
http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Oviparous
Definition:
Egg laying; producing eggs that are laid and hatch externally (Lincoln et al., 1998).
Attribution:
Lincoln, R., Boxshall, G. & Clark, P., 1998. A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University of Press. http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Oviparous
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population trend
IUCN
Decreasing
prey on
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Global Biotic Interactions
Genypterus capensis (Smith 1847) (Kingklip)
Global Biotic Interactions
Paracallionymus costatus (Boulenger 1898) (Cape dragonet)
Global Biotic Interactions
Sardinops sagax (Jenyns 1842) (Pacific sardine)
Global Biotic Interactions
Emmelichthys nitidus Richardson 1845 (Bonnetmouth)
Global Biotic Interactions
Merluccius capensis Castelnau 1861 (Shallow-water Cape Hake)
reproduction
MADtraits
iteroparous
URI:
http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/STRAT_ITER
Definition:
Breeding several times per lifetime.
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sensory system
Bullock et al 1983
electroreception
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1326528
Definition:
detection and measurement of weak electric fields, via specialized sense organs and brain structures that process this information
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sexual system
MADtraits
dioecious
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/dioecious
Definition:
Dioecy is characterised by a species having distinct male and female organisms.
Attribution:
K. S. Bawa (1980). Evolution of Dioecy in Flowering Plants. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 11, pp. 15–39.
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Fairbairn 2013
dioecious
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681
Definition:
a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.
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trophic guild
MADtraits
carnivore
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition:
organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
Attribution:
Crustacean body sizes
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(adult)
MADtraits
4.4
type specimen repository
GBIF national node type records Sweden
Swedish Museum of Natural History - Zoological Collections
URI:
http://grbio.org/cool/4m0z-xq14
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used for
FAO Fishery Statistics
food
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2095
Definition:
any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body
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water depth
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MADtraits
40 m
(min)
MADtraits
200 m
(max)
Fishbase
30 m
(min)
Fishbase
600 m
(max)
OBIS environmental data records
23 m
(min)
water dissolved o2 concentration
OBIS environmental data records
3.323 mL/L
(min)
OBIS environmental data records
5.898 mL/L
(max)
water nitrate concentration
OBIS environmental data records
20.821 µmol/l
(max)
OBIS environmental data records
1.047 µmol/l
(min)
water o2 saturation
OBIS environmental data records
101.095 percent
(max)
OBIS environmental data records
49.135 percent
(min)
water phosphate concentration
OBIS environmental data records
0.132 µmol/l
(min)
OBIS environmental data records
1.829 µmol/l
(max)
water salinity
OBIS environmental data records
34.562 psu
(min)
OBIS environmental data records
38.037 psu
(max)
water silicate concentration
OBIS environmental data records
17.735 µmol/l
(max)
OBIS environmental data records
2.459 µmol/l
(min)
water temperature
OBIS environmental data records
20.525 degrees celsius
(max)
OBIS environmental data records
7.921 degrees celsius
(min)
