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Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) >
Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Cataetyx: Greek, kata = down + Greek, etix, stixo, stizo = to prick, to puncture.
More on author: Gilbert.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
بوم شناسي
دريايي موجوداتی که در اعماق زیر 200 متر زندگی و تغذیه می کنند; تغييرات عمق 300 - 1000 m (Ref. 34024). Deep-water; 46°N - 32°N
Eastern Pacific: northern Oregon, USA to Pacific coast of Baja California and the Gulf of California. Specimens from the Gulf of Panama and Chile either this species or still undescribed.
Size / Weight / سن
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.7 cm TL جنس نر / بدون خواص جنسي; (Ref. 38374)
خارهاي باله پشتي (کل) : 0; شعاع نرم باله پشتي (کل) : 100 - 114; خارهاي باله مخرجي: 0; شعاع نرم باله مخرجي: 74 - 86; مهره ها: 59 - 63. scales present on body and head; eye diameter less than snout length; prominent opercular spine present; lateral ethmoid bone developed as a sharp retrorse suborbital spine; palatine teeth present; 3 well developed rakers on first arch; male intromittent organ on a broad, fleshy pad or stalk (Ref. 38374); branchiostegal rays: 8 (Ref. 36488).
Locally abundant (Ref. 34024). Juveniles mesopelagic, larger individuals benthic at depths of 600 to 1,000 m (Ref. 34024). Ovoviviparous with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36488).
Ovoviviparous (Ref. 36488).
Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)
وضعيت در فهرست قرمز IUCN (Ref. 130435)
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