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Bembropidae (Duckbill flatheads)
Etymology: Bembrops: Greek, bembras, -ados = a kind of anchovy m+ Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335); cadenati: Species named for J. Cadenat in recognition of his work on marine fishes off western Africa.
Eponymy: Dr Jean Cadenat (1908–1992) of the University of Dakar, was a French researcher and ichthyologist at the ‘Office de la recherche scientifique et technique outre-mer’, where he was Director of the Marine Biological Section of the Institute Français [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 120 - 220 m (Ref. 13203). Deep-water
Eastern Atlantic: Guinea, Gulf of Guinea.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.4 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 13203)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 6; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 15; Radios blandos anales: 18. Color in alcohol yellowish brown dorsally, lighter ventrally. Snout relatively short (1.2x eye diameter). Scales present laterally and dorsally on snout. Upper jaw extending behind anterior margin of eye but not reaching its mid-line. Maxillary tentacle medium-sized, slender. Lateral line descending gradually in posterior third of pectoral fin, separated from origin of first dorsal fin by 4 rows of scales, from origin of anal fin by 7, and from insertion of anal fin by 4. No evidence of prolongation of any spine of first dorsal fin. Predorsal length for first dorsal fin slightly higher than head length. Pectoral fin relatively pointed (Ref 13203).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Das, M.K. and J.S. Nelson, 1996. Revision of the percophid genus Bembrops (Actinopterygii: Perciformes). Bull. Mar. Sci. 59(1):9-44. (Ref. 13203)
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 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00380 (0.00159 - 0.00908), b=3.11 (2.90 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
4.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |