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Ceratiidae (Warty Seadevils)
Etymology: Ceratias: Greek, keras = horn or horned, refers to the lure projecting from the snout (Ref. 86949).
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 2091 m (Ref. 26165), usually 500 - 1000 m (Ref. 58302). Deep-water
Circumglobal: In tropical waters. Western to eastern Central Atlantic. Deep sea (Ref. 4494). Reported from Indian and Pacific oceans (Ref. 58302).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4494)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Characterized by female having simple esca, without distal escal appendages, illicium length 14.0 to 28.8% SL, invariably absent vomerine teeth; escal bulb usually darkly pigmented except distal tip, distal portion oval shaped, proximal portion tapering into stem of illicium; bulb without elevation of small pigment spot surrounding escal pore (Ref. 086949).
Also mesopelagic (Ref. 4494).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Bertelsen, E., 1990. Ceratiidae. p. 510-512. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4494)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.6875 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.3 ±0.41 se; based on food items. |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (19 of 100). 🛈 |