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Tenuicephalus melampeplus (Alcock, 1896)

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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Neobythitinae
Etymology: Tenuicephalus: Name from Latin 'tenuis' for thin, weak and 'cephalus' for 'head', referring to the delicate and weak nature of the head ossification which often results in damaged specimens when recovered from deep-water trawls..
More on author: Alcock.

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

समुद्री बाथीड़िमरसल; गहराई सीमा 1500 - 2283 m (Ref. 125143). Deep-water

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Western Indian Ocean and Western Pacific (Solomon Sea).

आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.8 cm SL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 125143)

Short description पहचान कुंजी | आकृति विज्ञान | मौरफोमैटरिक्स

This species is distinguished by the following characters: precaudal vertebrae 14-16, 3 loin vertebrae (last precaudal vertebrae without ribs); first gill arch with long gill rakers 14-16; pectoral-fin rays 16-17; HL:HD 1.40-1.48; absence of head spines; opercular spine sharp and extruding; opercular flap small; vomer is narrow, naked or with few teeth; palatines narrow with 2-3 rows of teeth; basibranchial tooth patch very small with 1-2 rows of teeth; otolith with single colliculum; OL:OH = 0.95; OL:TCL = 1.87 (Ref. 125143).

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).

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Schwarzhans, W.W. and P.R. Møller, 2021. Revision of the ‘dragon-head’ cusk eels of the genus Porogadus (Teleostei: Ophidiidae), with description of eight new species and one new genus. Zootaxa 5029(1):001-096. (Ref. 125143)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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मात्स्यिकी: कोई रुचि बग़ैर
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00165 - 0.00876), b=3.14 (2.93 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
लौटाव (Ref. 120179):  माध्यम, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 1.4 - 4.4 वर्ष। (Assuming tmax>3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (17 of 100).