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Etymology: Bryozoichthys: Greek, bryon = moss + Greek, zoon = little + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); marjorius: Named for Mrs. D. (Marjorie) McPhail (Ref. 6885).
Eponymy: Mrs D Marjorie McPhail is the wife of the author, Canadian ichthyologist John D McPhail – co-author of Freshwater Fishes of Northwestern Canada and Alaska (1970). She is mother to their daughter, appropriately called Pearl. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 75 - 380 m (Ref. 50610). Deep-water
Northeast Pacific: Aleutian Islands, Alaska to southern British Columbia, Canada.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850)
Found in soft bottoms on outer continental shelf and upper slope (Ref. 51666).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: bycatch
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00380 (0.00147 - 0.00981), b=3.16 (2.93 - 3.39), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (51 of 100). 🛈 |
Price category (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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