Classification / Names
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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); bipennata: Named in reference to its paired feather-like escal filaments (Ref. 42949).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 2000 m (Ref. 42949). Deep-water
Eastern Indian Ocean: known from its type locality, Java Trench, 11°56'07"S, 115°22'02"E (Ref. 42949). Western Central Pacific.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.8 cm SL (female)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 3; Radios blandos anales: 3. Females: esca with a low, distal prolongation of bulb, length about half diameter of bulb, distally subdivided into two blunt tips (posterior tip the larger); on each side of base of distal prolongation a single, compressed filament, length about three times diameter of bulb, with 2-4 short, pointed, side-branches; a low papilliform posterior appendage behind escal pore. Barbel about 25% SL in total length, distally divided at about half length into three main-branches, and, at about half distance between this division and base, with a posterior pair of shorter side-branches; all branches repeatedly divided, each terminal branch with a series of internal photophores and one or more distal filaments. Dense concentration of subdermal pigment on caudal peduncle (Ref. 42949).
Males unknown (Ref. 42949).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Bertelsen, E., 1982. Notes on Linophrynidae VIII. A review of the genus Linophryne, with new records and descriptions of two new species. Steenstrupia 8(3):49-104. (Ref. 42949)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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