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Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Neobythitinae
Etymology: Bassozetus: Latin, bassus = thick, fat + Greek, ketos = marine mosnter, whale (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Lev Aleksandrovich Zenkevich (1889–1970) was a Russian oceanographer and zoologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 6930 m (Ref. 58302). Deep-water
North Pacific.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 26.3 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 31384)
Snout inflated; eyes much smaller than snout; opercular spine weak or absent; preopercle without spines and posteriorly expanded almost reaching posterior margin of opercle; pseudobranchial filaments 2 (Ref. 34024).
Rare, deep pelagic species (Ref. 34024). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205). Of the 5 female specimens caught, 2 with 0.5 mm eggs. No identifiable stomach contents were found. Specimen collection used non-closing, pelagic fishing gear (bottom trawls) (Ref. 84269). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Machida, Y. and Y. Tachibana, 1986. A new record of Bassozetus zenkevitchi (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) from Japan. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 32(4):437-439. (Ref. 31384)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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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 (0.00166 - 0.00868), b=3.14 (2.94 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). 🛈 |