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Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Cataetyx: Greek, kata = down + Greek, etix, stixo, stizo = to prick, to puncture; nielseni: Named for Prof. Jørgen Nielsen.
Eponymy: Jørgen G Nielsen (d: 1932) is a Danish zoologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
marien bathypelagisch; diepte ? - 265 m (Ref. 58053). Deep-water
Southwest Pacific: Heracles Bank, the South-Pacific Rise and New Zealand.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 58053)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 129; Anale zachte stralen: 93. Distinguished by having a granule-like teeth on jaws; dorsal rays 129; anal rays 93; pectoral rays 30; lateral basibranchial tooth-plates 2 in the insertion of the third pair of gill arches; snout of moderate length (about 4 times HL); large eye (15.9% HL); body dark colored (Ref. 58053).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Balushkin, A.V. and A.M. Prokofiev, 2005. A new species of the genus Cataetyx (Ophididiiformes: Bythitidae) from Heracles Banks (South-Pacific Rise). J. Ichthyol. 45(7):541-545. (Ref. 58053)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Harmless
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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (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). |
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278) |
3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179) |
Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (25 of 100). 🛈 |