Rosenblattichthys volucris (Rofen, 1966)
Chubby pearleye
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Aulopiformes (Grinners) > Scopelarchidae (Pearleyes)
Etymology: Rosenblattichthys: Because of Richard Rosenblatt, ichthyologist os Scripp Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla.
Eponymy: Dr Richard Heinrich ‘Dick’ Rosenblatt (1930–2014) was an American ichthyologist and oceanographer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Etymology: Rosenblattichthys: Because of Richard Rosenblatt, ichthyologist os Scripp Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla.
Eponymy: Dr Richard Heinrich ‘Dick’ Rosenblatt (1930–2014) was an American ichthyologist and oceanographer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic. Deep-water; 33°N -
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Eastern Pacific: California Current region from southern California to central Baja California Sur and equatorial eastern shores from about 6°N to 3°S (Ref. 35929); also Chile (Ref. 9068).
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 21 - 24; Vertebrae: 49 - 51. Branchiostegal rays: 8.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Oviparous (Ref. 35929).
Main reference
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Pequeño, G., 1989. Peces de Chile. Lista sistematica revisada y comentada. Rev. Biol. Mar., Valparaiso 24(2):1-132. (Ref. 9068)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 August 2019
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Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.0 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |