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Narcinidae (Numbfishes)
Etymology: Narcine: Greek, narke = numbness (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Ignacio Riera Julia was Chief of the Spanish Fisheries Office and adviser to the General Direction of International Fisheries Relations, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Mahé, Seychelles (1989). He was a good friend of the senior author Lloris. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 170 - 500 m (Ref. 114953). Deep-water; 2°N - 20°S, 35°E - 48°E (Ref. 114953)
Western Indian Ocean: central Somalia to at least Mozambique.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.1 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 11228)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Shovel-shaped disc with a long tail (much longer than disc length); a longer-than-wide nasal curtain; slender tooth bands that are subtriangular in shape (Ref. 49866). Uniform light brown or golden-brown dorsally (Ref. 49866).
Body shape (shape guide): other.
Known based on 11 specimens. Males mature at 26 cm TL; born at ca. 9 cm TL. Low fecundity based on two mid-term embryos (each just over 7 cm) found in right uterus of large female (Ref. 114953).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Heemstra, P.C., 1995. Additions and corrections for the 1995 impression. p. v-xv. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Revised Edition of Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 11228)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01175 (0.00470 - 0.02937), b=2.88 (2.66 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (Assuming fecundity<100). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (21 of 100). 🛈 |