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Linophrynidae (Leftvents)
Etymology: Linophryne: Greek, 'linon' = flax or anything made of flax such as "cord," "rope," or a "net" + Greek, 'phryne' = "toad" (refers to a toadlike fish that fishes with a net) (Ref. 86949).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas batipelágico; não migratória; intervalo de profundidade 100 - 1250 m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water
Eastern Central Atlantic: off Madeira and Canary Is.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.8 cm NG (female)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raios dorsais moles (total) : 3; Raios anais moles: 3. Metamorphosed females distinguished by the following characteristics: escal bulb with cylindrical distal prolongation, divided distally into 6 simple tapering filaments; tiny posterior appendage, papilliform; absence of additional escal appendages; simple barbel, undivided, bearing a distal tassel of appendages consisting of simple, cylindrical, distally unpigmented and slightly expanded prolongation of primary stem of barbel, surrounded at base by 3 shorter, unpigmented, compressed pointed branches, each bearing a series of sessile photophores along outer margin (Ref. 86949).
Only 1 female known. Males unknown (Ref. 13578).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
Bertelsen, E., 1986. Linophrynidae. p. 1408-1414. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.C. Hureau, J. Nielsen, and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris, Vol. 3. (Ref. 13578)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: sem interesse
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