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Bathylagidae (Deep-sea smelts)
Etymology: Pseudobathylagus: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, bathys = the bottom of the sea + Greek, lagos = hare (Ref. 45335); milleri: Named after Walter Miller, professor from Stanford University (Ref. 6885).
Eponymy: Dr Samuel Walter Miller (1864–1949) was a philologist, classics scholar and archaeologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser bathypelagisch; tiefenbereich 550 - 6600 m (Ref. 28981). Deep-water
North Pacific: Iwate Prefecture, Japan to the Bering Sea (Ref. 559) and to British Columbia, Canada and California, USA (Ref. 4925).
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.6 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 96339)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 7 - 9; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 23 - 27; Wirbelzahl: 50 - 54. Adipose fin far back on caudal peduncle, relatively large and long; pectorals rather small (Ref. 6885). Color black to dark brown (Ref. 6885).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Occurs at a minimum depth of 550 m upon reaching about 5 cm length (Ref. 54657; 82347). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and larvae (Ref. 35604). Generally mesopelagic and bathypelagic and not ascending to epipelagic depth range (Ref. 96339).
Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | Larven
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00776 (0.00424 - 0.01421), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Trophische Ebene (Ref. 69278) |
4.2 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies. |
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Generation time |
2.4 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies. |
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179) |
hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (23 of 100). 🛈 |