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Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Maurolicinae
Etymology: Maurolicus: Greek,mauros, -os, -on = dark + Greek,lykos = wolf (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Francesco Maurolico (1494–1575) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer from Messina, Sicily. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 0 - 50 m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water; 6°N - 37°S, 10°E - 53°E
Southeast Atlantic: Along the continental slope of southwestern Africa. Western Indian Ocean: found in seamounts occurring in the area, with the most eastern record at 35°30'S, 53°E.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.7 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 26775)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Vertèbres: 33 - 35. AC photophores 22-27, usually 24-26. Head 29-31% SL, eye 10-11.5% SL, upper jaw 16-19% SL, maximum body depth well behind pectoral fin base 23-25%. Stomach pigmented, hind portion of intestine not pigmented (Ref. 26775).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Parin, N.V. and S.G. Kobyliansky, 1996. Diagnoses and distribution of fifteen species recognized in genus Maurolicus Cocco (Sternoptychidae, Stomiiformes) with a key to their identification. Cybium 20(2):185-195. (Ref. 26775)
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=0.00468 (0.00191 - 0.01148), b=3.17 (2.96 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.4 ±0.33 se; based on food items. |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Assuming Fec < 1,000). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (14 of 100). 🛈 |