User:GeeJo/Sandbox/Great northern tilefish
| Great northern tilefish | |
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| plate of Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps from Goode and Bean. | |
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| Species: | L. chamaeleonticeps
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| Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps | |
The great northern tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps), or golden tile, is a species of tilefish first discovered in 1879, when a cod trawler caught some by chance while working off of the coast of Massachusetts.[1] Due to its size and potential salability, the United States Bureau of Fisheries launched a project to map potential fishing sites. The report concluded that the fish were most abundant between 90 and 150 fathoms, at a specific water temperature. WHAT TEMPERATURE?
Taxonomy and naming
[edit]The great northern tilefish is the only species within the genus Lopholatilus, which itself is in the family Malacanthidae, commonly known as tilefish. The Malacanthidae are part of the Percoidea, a suborder of the order Perciformes.[2]
The species was named Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1896 in their seminal work Oceanic Ichthyology, A Treatise on the Deep-Sea and Pelagic Fishes of the World, from a sample collected 80 miles south east of Nomans Land, Massachusetts.[3]
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps gained its moniker "great northern tilefish" from its prodigious size and its discovery at relatively high latitudes for a member of Malacanthidae. When used in cooking, the species is generally referred to as the "golden tile", for the large yellow spots across its blue-green back and lighter-yellow or pink sides.[1]
Anatomy
[edit]Distribution and Habitat
[edit]Ecology
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[edit]Reproduction
[edit]Importance to Humans
[edit]Fisheries
[edit]Aquaculture
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[edit]Eggs Late spring-summer Near edge of continental shelf Hatched in 40 h at 22.0-24.6 C in laboratory Pelagic
Adults Outer continental shelf Usually found at 9-14.4C; may occur up to 18 C; high catches have been reported at 13.0-14.4C 80-450m; more common at >110 in Atlantic and >250 in Gulf Mexico (prey) Predominately crustaceans; also fishes and other benthic organisms (predators) Sharks and other tilefish; also compete for food and habitat with other demersal fishes Dig and occupy burrows along Outer Continental Shelf and on flanks of submarine canyons in malleable clay substrate Due to long life, slow growth, complex breeding system, and habitat specificity, are vulnerable to overexploitation. Susceptible to mass mortality events due to cold water intrusion Abundance strongly correlated with presence of silt-clay substrate. Fishery experiences cycles of abundance and depletions. Burrow areas are sites of local abundances of crustaceans and fishes Spawn from March to November; peak spawning from May to September in Mid-Atlantic Bight, April to June in South Atlantic Bight Males grow faster and reach larger size than females; fishing pressure may cause males to spawn at smaller sizes[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Goodwin, G; Bogert, C M; Gilliard, E; Coates, C W; "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animal Life", Odham Books, 1961. Volume 13, p. 1539-1540.
- ^ Myers, P.; Espinosa, R.; Parr, C. S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G. S.; Dewey, T. A. (2006). The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed July 24, 2007 at http://animaldiversity.org.
- ^ Goode, G. B.; Bean, T. H. (1896) Oceanic Ichthyology, A Treatise on the Deep-Sea and Pelagic Fishes of the World, Based Chiefly upon the Collections Made by the Steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the Northwestern Atlantic, caption for Pl. LXXV. 265. Retrieved from the NOAA Photographic Library, July 24, 2007
- ^ Panama City Laboratory, Life History and Habitat Requirements of Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps in the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA, November 10, 2001. Retrieved 13 July, 2007.