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Melamphaidae (Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads)
Etymology: Sio: Acronym of Scripps Institute of Oceanography (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: SIO is the official abbreviation of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California. Dr Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld (1869–1928) was a Finnish-Swedish geologist, geographer and polar explorer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Lönnberg.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batipelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 200 - 3000 m (Ref. 51657). Deep-water; 20°S - 68°S
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: south of 20°S. A single specimen was recorded from the Eastern Central Pacific (Ref. 5189). Record from the North Pacific (Moss, 1962) is in error (Ref. 51657).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.3 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5189)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 3; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9; Spine anali: 1; Raggi anali molli: 8 - 9.
Trawled below 200 m (Ref. 4241). Young are found in warmer and more northern waters.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Gon, O., 1990. Melamphaidae. p. 218-221. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5189)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2.1 - 7.9, mean 4.1 °C (based on 682 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00442 - 0.02595), b=3.10 (2.89 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).