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Chiasmodontidae (Snaketooth fishes)
Etymology: Kali: Named after Kali, a Hindu goddess.
Eponymy: Kali, also known as Kālikā (‘the black one’) is a Hindu goddess, often depicted as having four arms. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Norman.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad ? - 2500 m (Ref. 58018), usually 1500 - ? m (Ref. 6649). Deep-water
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters. Known from relatively few scattered localities from the Gulf of Mexico to the eastern Pacific off Ecuador. Eastern Atlantic: known from four stations ca 24°N to 19°S, not known from the Benguela Current/Gulf of Guinea area.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6944)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 11 - 13; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 22 - 25; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 22 - 25.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Most adults were caught at depths exceeding 1,500 m (Ref. 6764).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Johnson, R.K. and M.J. Keene, 1986. Chiasmodontidae. p. 731-734. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 6649)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.8 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (22 of 100). 🛈 |