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Oneirodidae (Dreamers)
Etymology: Spiniphryne: Latin, 'spina' or ' spinula' = thorn or spine + Greek, 'phryne' = toad (suggesting a "spiny toad") (Ref. 86949).
Eponymy: ‘Gladisfen’ was a ship built in the 1880s as a New York harbour tugboat. It enjoyed a new lease of life as Beebe’s scientific research vessel in Bermuda (early 1930s). The dreamer holotype was taken ‘six miles south of Nonsuch Island, Bermuda’. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Beebe.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range ? - 1955 m (Ref. 58426), usually 1950 - ? m. Deep-water; 66°N - 12°S, 75°W - 131°E
Atlantic Ocean: three records known from the eastern central Atlantic; one record from the western Atlantic.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.6 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7; Anal soft rays: 4 - 6. Distinguishing characteristics: esca with 2 bulbous, narrowly based, distal appendages, anterior-most appendage approximately two-thirds to one-half length of posterior most, each covered with small digitiform papillae and clusters of tiny filaments around base; absence of bulbous distal prolongation; large, anteroposteriorly compressed, posterior escal appendage, divided along its distal margin into 3 or more lobes or several to many slender filaments; absence of posterolateral filaments; total number of teeth in upper jaw 21-42, lower jaw with 25-45 teeth; vomerine teeth 4-8; length of illicium 7.8-13.3% SL; head length 25.7-31.8; head width 14.5-19.7; head depth 26.2-32.7; length of premaxilla 17.6-21.6; length of lower jaw 21.8-31.0 (Ref. 86949).
Bathypelagic; feeds on fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 58426).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bertelsen, E., 1990. Oneirodidae. p. 498-507. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post, and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 10524)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2.2 - 3.3, mean 2.4 °C (based on 41 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.60 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
