Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 1205 m (Ref. 51661). Deep-water
Eastern Indian Ocean: off South Australia in the Great Australian Bight.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm SL (female)
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 54; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 50; Vertebrae: 62. Pectoral girdle with 4 radials, the lowest half-moon shaped, forming part of posterior margin of basal cartilaginous lamina; teeth not large, simple; chin pores touching each other, anterior skin fold present; subrostral fold absent; gill opening reaching ventrally in front of 4th pectoral ray; ventral end of gill opening and uppermost pectoral ray on horizontal with upper margin of pupil; pectoral with 2 notch rays rudimentary; head less than 20% SL, eye large, 27% HL, snout short, deeply rounded; body deep, about 1.3 HL, slight costal ridge present; head black, peritoneum black (Ref. 42734).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Found on the continental slope. Benthic (Ref. 75154).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Stein, D.L., N.V. Chernova and A.P. Andriashev, 2001. Snailfishes (Pisces: Liparidae) of Australia, including descriptions of thirty new species. Rec. Aust. Mus. 53:341-406. (Ref. 42734)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (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=0.00525 (0.00238 - 0.01156), b=3.15 (2.96 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 🛈 |