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Himantolophidae (Footballfishes)
Etymology: Himantolophus: Greek, himas or himantos = leather strap, thong or leash (referring to the thick leathery illicium) + Greek, lopho or lophio = crest or tuft (referring to the baited illicium projecting from the head) (Ref. 86949).
More on authors: Beebe & Crane.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino batipelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 900 - 1100 m (Ref. 86949). Deep-water
Eastern Central Pacific: 52 mi. off Cape Mala, Panama.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.1 cm SL (female)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 5; Raggi anali molli: 4. Distinguishing characteristics of metamorphosed female: length of illicium 32% SL; left primary branch of distal escal appendage with a pair of side branches emerging about 8% SL from base; length of right distal escal appendage 23% SL, left distal escal appendage 32% SL; club shaped side branches, length 3-4% SL; primary branches of distal escal appendage covered with small dermal spinules except for distal tips (Ref. 86949).
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2001. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of December 2001. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in December 2001. (Ref. 40966)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
Rapporti speciali
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 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=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.8 ±0.60 se; based on food items. |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |