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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.
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
marien bathypelagisch; diepte 0 - 400 m (Ref. 58302). Deep-water; 40°N - 30°N, 176°E - 168°E (Ref. 102274)
North Pacific: Known at seamounts of northwestern Pacific and Hawaiian Ridges.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.8 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 102274)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Wervels: 32 - 34. AC photophores23-26, usually 24. Head 29-33% SL, eye 9.5-11% SL, upper jaw 15.5-19% SL, maximum body depth at pectoral fin base 21-24% SL. Stomach lightly pigmented, hind portion of intestine not pigmented (Ref. 26775).
Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Adults form dense aggregations at daytime in upper mesopelagic waters and disperses at night on the surface (Ref. 102274).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
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)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 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). |
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179) |
Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (tmax=2; Assuming Fec < 1,000). |
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |