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Campagne BIOZAIRE 2 Poisson trépied ou poisson tripode (Ifremer 00574 68561) 1🐟

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SpeciesAulopiformesIpnopidae
Fish

🐟Bathypterois grallator

Bathypterois grallator (Goode & Bean, 1886)

Le poisson trépied ou poisson tripode(Bathypterois grallator) est une espèce de poissons abyssaux de la famille des Ipnopidae pourvus de nageoires-échasses, leur permettant de se tenir au-dessus de la vase.

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Also called
tripod fish, Tripod Spiderfish, Tripodfish
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.3 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body length
0.3 mrecord 0.43 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

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Trophic level
3.1
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.1 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderAulopiformes
  4. ›familyIpnopidae
  5. ›genusBathypterois
  6. ›speciesBathypterois grallator
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderAulopiformes
  3. familyIpnopidae
  4. genusBathypterois
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAulopiformes
  10. familyIpnopidae
  11. genusBathypterois
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Dreibeinfisch (de), poisson trépied (fr), Bathypterois grallator (es), Tripode pesce (it), سمكة التريبود (ar), driepootvis (nl) … and 8 more languages
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