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Monognathidae (Onejaws)
Etymology: Monognathus: Greek, monos = one + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Solomon N Raju is an ichthyologist who worked at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Marine Life Research Group (ca: 1971–c. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Bertelsen & Nielsen.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas batipelágico. Deep-water
Indian Ocean.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.2 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 34506)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raios dorsais moles (total) : 88; Raios anais moles: 68. M. rajui differs from all other species of the genus by the following combination of characters: head short, snout blunt, skull length 3.4% TL, rostral fang with dorsal profile slightly convex forming an almost straight line with frontal profile of skull, dorsal fin origin above myomere number 7, anal fin origin below dorsal fin ray number 22, and no subdermal, lateral melanophores (Ref. 34506).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Bertelsen, E. and J.G. Nielsen, 1987. The deep sea eel family Monognathidae (Pisces, Anguilliformes). Steenstrupia 13(4):141-198. (Ref. 34506)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).