Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas batipelágico; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 4740 m (Ref. 58018), usually 500 - ? m (Ref. 36655). Deep-water; 63°N - 50°S, 180°W - 180°E
Circumglobal: In tropical to temperate waters; except Arctic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea and west of the Canary Islands. Eastern Pacific: California Current region (Ref. 36655). Western Pacific: Kuril Island (Ref. 52443). South China Sea (Ref.74511).
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm 4.0, range 3 - 7.3 cm
Max length : 7.3 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 4241)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 2 - 3; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 10 - 13; Espinhos anais: 1; Raios anais moles: 7 - 9; Vértebras: 24. Dark brown body; black head, mouth, and branchial cavity; pigmented fins. Transverse rows of scales, 28 (Ref. 31511). Gill rakers on the first arch, 14-17 (Ref. 37108).
Mesopelagic and bathypelagic at 340-1200 m depth (Ref. 36665). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 36655). Significant morphological variation between Indo-Pacific and other populations.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Ebeling, A.W., 1986. Melamphaidae. p. 427-432. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4241)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: sem interesse
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
Descarregue XML
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 1.3 - 5, mean 1.8 °C (based on 10291 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00442 - 0.02595), b=3.10 (2.89 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.30 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
