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Myxinidae (Hagfishes) > Rubicundinae
Etymology: Rubicundus: Latin for red or ruddy, referring to reddish coloration of all species (See ETYFish); rubicundus: Latin for red or ruddy, referring to its pink body color (See ETYFish).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; non migrateur (Ref. 85332); profondeur ? - 800 m (Ref. 85332) (Ref. 85332). Deep-water; 26°N - 24°N, 120°E - 122°E (Ref. 85332)
Western Central Pacific: Philippine Sea, off Taiwan.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.4 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 85332)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 0; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 0. Branchial slime spores and the gill apertures arranged in a straight line; distances from a branchial slime pore to its immediately preceding and posterior gill apertures similar; the ventral aorta not bifurcated. The body color is pink. 5 gill apertures, not crowded; the presence of a pair of small nasal papillae on the roof of the nasal tube; a robust body; 100-102 total slime pores (prebranchial 16 or 17, branchial 3 or 4, trunk 62, tail 19); 3 multicusps in outer row, 7 unicusps, 2 multicusps in inner row, 7 unicusps; eyespot absent.
Only one specimen known.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Kuo, C.-H., S.-C. Lee and H.-K. Mok, 2010. A new species of hagfish Eptatretus rubicundus (Myxinidae: Myxiniformes) from Taiwan, with reference to its phylogenetic position based on its mitochondrial DNA sequence. Zool. Stud. 49(6):1-23. (Ref. 85332)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [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).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).