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Etymology: Tongaichthys: From the Tonga island in the Pacific ocean + Greek, ichthys = fish.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas batipelágico; intervalo de profundidade 288 - 312 m (Ref. 6181). Deep-water; 12°S - 27°S, 144°E - 174°W (Ref. 6181)

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Pacific Ocean: Several specimens (38 individuals) were reported from the Tonga Ridge; around Fiji; 1 specimen from off Flinders Reef, Queensland (17°33'S, 149°46'E, CSIRO no. H1185-01).

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 9784)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 16 - 17; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 14 - 17; Espinhos anais: 1; Raios anais moles: 14 - 16; Vértebras: 33. Head relatively large. Scales on cheeks enlarged, elongate and slightly overlapping. Color is dark brown above, slightly paler below.

Probably mesopelagic or mesobenthopelagic (Ref. 6181).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

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Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes,. scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Tongaichthys robustus Nakamura & Fujii, 1983