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Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Barathronus: Greek, barathron = abyss + ending -ites, that lives there; the Barathron was a deep pit in Athens where criminals were thrown; 1849 +Greek, onos = hake.
Eponymy: The research vessel ‘Anton Bruun’, from which the holotypes of these species were collected, is named after the Danish oceanographer and marine biologist Dr Anton Frederik Bruun (above). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Nielsen.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas batipelágico; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 1710 m (Ref. 123477). Deep-water
Southwest Indian Ocean. High Seas only.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.9 cm SL (female)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raios dorsais (total) : 81; Raios anais : 73; Vértebras: 86. This species is distinguished from the other five Barathronus species with pigmented peritoneum by the following set of characters: D 81, A 73, pectoral-fin rays 25; anterior gill arch with 33 long rakers; vertebrae, precaudal 36, total 86; no ventral flexure of anteriormost vertebrae; vomer with 3 fangs; with a distinct brown streak in midline of body and a concentration of brown pigment between dorsal fin and nape; rounded, 1 mm long otoliths seen through of the skull (Ref. 121928).
Cross section: compressed.
Rare species (Ref. 34024).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Nielsen, J.G., 2019. Revision of the circumglobal genus Barathronus (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae) with a new species from the eastern North Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa 4679(2):231-256. (Ref. 121928)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: sem interesse
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00468 (0.00186 - 0.01174), b=3.03 (2.81 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278) |
3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliência (Ref. 120179) |
Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |