Splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)

Scientific name: Beryx splendens Lowe, 1834

Splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)

The Splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens) is a marine fish of the family Berycidae.

Biology

Adults inhabit the outer shelf (180 m) and slope to at least 1,300 m depth, probably moving further from the bottom at night; often found over seamounts and underwater ridges. Juveniles pelagic. Feed mainly on fish, crustaceans and cephalopods. Oviparous, spawn in batches. Eggs and larvae are pelagic. Marketed frozen and eaten steamed, fried, broiled, boiled, microwaved and baked.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Beryx splendens
Family
Berycidae (Alfonsinos)
Order
Beryciformes (Sawbellies)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
70.0
Common length
40.0
Depth range
25–1300 m (82–4265 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 25 - 1300 m, usually 400 - 600 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Circumglobal, excluding the northeast Pacific and Mediterranean Sea. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico. Eastern Atlantic: off southwestern Europe and the Canary Islands to South Africa. Indo-Pacific: East Africa (including Saya de Malha Bank, ) to Japan, Hawaii, Australia, and New Zealand. The limited number of records in the western Pacific is doubtless the result of limited fishing effort below 200 m. Eastern Pacific: Chile.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.10-0.18; tm=5-7.5; tmax=23; Fec = 270,000)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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