Taractes asper — Details

Occurs offshore in warm and temperate waters (Ref. 6697). May spawn widely in the subtropics (Ref. 6697).

Smith, M.M. 1986 Bramidae. p. 633-636. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4388) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4388&speccode=391

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Distribution

all oceans

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Distribution

Azores Exclusive Economic Zone, British Columbia, Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part], Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, European waters (ERMS scope), FAO fishing area 67, Gulf of Maine, Madagascar, New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, North East Pacific, North Pacific, North West Atlantic, Portugese Exclusive Economic Zone, South Africa (country), Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone

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Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6542
Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145244
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1411
MEDIN (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN, version 1.0. http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149081
Borges, P.A.V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Gonçalves, V., Martins, A.F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R.S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (Eds.) (2010). A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. Princípia, Oeiras, 432 pp. http://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149079
Ramos, M. (ed.). 2010. IBERFAUNA. The Iberian Fauna Databank http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149024
Gillespie, G. E. 1993. An updated list of the fishes of British Columbia, and those of interest in adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1918: 116 p. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=155121

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

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Circumglobal: In tropical to temperate waters. Western Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559). Eastern Pacific: Alaska to southern California, USA. Eastern Atlantic: Madeira to Iceland and northern Norway (Ref. 6697); Cape Province, South Africa (Ref. 4388). Western Indian Ocean: southern Madagascar and Natal, South Africa (Ref. 4388); Maldives (Ref. 30829). Highly migratory species, Annex I of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea (Ref. 26139).

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann 1983 A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 336 p. (Ref. 2850) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=2850&speccode=2592

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Physical Description

Morphology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31 - 34; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 23 - 26

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino 1984 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=559&speccode=7

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Size

Maximum size: 500 mm SL

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Max. size

50.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 6697))

Haedrich, R.L. 1986 Bramidae. p. 847-853. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6697) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6697&speccode=16335

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Diagnostic Description

Lateral line generally present. Dorsal profile of head between eyes flat or slightly convex, not notably arched. Dorsal and anal fins with scales.

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino 1984 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=559&speccode=7

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Ecology

Habitat

Occurs offshore in warm and temperate waters.

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Habitat

nektonic

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Depth range based on 3 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 151.89 - 1035
  Temperature range (°C): 7.692 - 7.692
  Nitrate (umol/L): 19.224 - 19.224
  Salinity (PPS): 34.497 - 34.497
  Oxygen (ml/l): 5.475 - 5.475
  Phosphate (umol/l): 1.364 - 1.364
  Silicate (umol/l): 9.116 - 9.116

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 151.89 - 1035

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Habitat Type: Marine

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Environment

pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); marine; depth range 1 - 140 m (Ref. 58302)

Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51243&speccode=4683
Mundy, B.C. 2005 Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704. (Ref. 58302) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58302&speccode=46

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Migration

Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

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Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51243&speccode=4683

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Trophic Strategy

Occurs offshore in warm and temperate waters (Ref. 6697).

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Taractes asper

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.

MFC012-08|MFC012|Taractes asper| ------------------------------------------CTCTATCTAGTATTTGGTGCATGAGCTGGAATAGTAGGCACAGCCCTA---AGCCTACTCATCCGTGCTGAACTAAGCCAACCTGGCGCCCTCCTTGGGGAT---GACCAAATCTATAATGTTATCGTTACAGCACACGCTTTCGTAATAATCTTCTTTATAGTAATACCAATCATGATTGGAGGCTTCGGAAACTGACTCATCCCCTTGATG---ATTGGAGCCCCTGACATGGCATTCCCTCGAATGAACAACATAAGCTTCTGACTACTGCCCCCCTCCTTCCTCTTACTTCTTGCCTCTTCAGGAGTTGAAGCAGGGGCCGGAACTGGATGAACAGTTTACCCTCCCCTAGCCGGCAATCTGGCCCACGCCGGAGCATCTGTGGACCTA---ACCATCTTCTCTCTTCACCTAGCAGGGGTCTCCTCAATTCTAGGGGCCATTAACTTTATCACAACAATTATCAACATAAAACCCACCGCCATTTCTCAGTACCAAACACCACTATTTGTGTGATCTGTCCTAATCACCGCCGTCCTCCTTCTGCTATCCCTTCCCGTACTAGCCGCT---GGCATCACAATACTACTTACAGACCGAAACTTAAACACAACCTTCTTTGACCCCGCAGGTGGAGGGGACCCTATCCTTTACCAGCACCTA-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Taractes asper

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Species: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Taractes asper

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Species: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation

Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

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Threats

Not Evaluated

IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073

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