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Barathronus algrahami Nielsen, Pogonoski & Appleyard, 2019

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Barathronus: Greek, barathron = abyss + ending -ites, that lives there; the Barathron was a deep pit in Athens where criminals were thrown; 1849 +Greek, onos = hake.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 1137 - 1300 m (Ref. 128809). Deep-water

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Indo-West Pacific: South Australia, Taiwan and the Philippines.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128809); 20.0 cm SL (female)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 69 - 78; Anal soft rays: 60 - 67; Vertebrae: 74 - 81. This species is distinguished by the following characters: body long, robust and slightly compressed; D 69-78, A 60-67, caudal-fin rays 8-10 and pectoral-fin rays 21-25; vertebrae precaudal 34-37, total 74-81; origin of dorsal fin above vertebra 27-30, anterior gill arch with 27-32 long rakers; fangs on vomer 3-5 and on each dentary 3-5; predorsal length 47.0-52 % SL; otolith small (3 mm long in 20.0 cm SL holotype). Colouration: pigment laterally on body absent, dark blue peritoneum and newly caught specimen reddish all over (Ref. 128809).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum length of ripe female 20.0 cm SL caught by demersal trawl and unripe male, 8.5 cm SL collected at 1191-1262 m by an otter trawl (Ref. 128809).

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Nielsen, J.G., 2019. Revision of the circumglobal genus Barathronus (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae) with a new species from the eastern North Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa 4679(2):231-256. (Ref. 121928)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (14 of 100).