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Urophycis mystacea
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Phycidae (Phycid hakes)
Etymology: Urophycis: Greek, oura = tail + Greek, phyke, pykis, -idos = the female of a fish that lives among algae (Greek = phykon), related with the gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
Etymology: Urophycis: Greek, oura = tail + Greek, phyke, pykis, -idos = the female of a fish that lives among algae (Greek = phykon), related with the gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 60 - 610 m (Ref. 47377). Subtropical; 21°S - 66°S, 70°W - 40°W
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Southwest Atlantic: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Argentina.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 43.9 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 66.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83819); common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 47377)
Max length : 66.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83819); common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 47377)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
A benthic species occurring around 200 m depth, rarely found above 60 m. Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 57178.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Figueiredo, J.L., A.P.D. Santos, N. Yamaguti, R.A. Bernardes and C.L. Del Bianco Rossi-Wongtschowski, 2002. Peixes da zona econômica exclusiva da Região Sudeste-Sul do Brasil: Levantamento com Rede de Meia-Água. São-Paulo: Editora da Universidade de São Paulo; Imprensa Oficial do Estado, 242 p. (Ref. 47377)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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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 = 0.5044 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00398 (0.00270 - 0.00588), b=3.13 (3.03 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.1 ±0.55 se; based on food items. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
High vulnerability (63 of 100). 🛈 |