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Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Malacosteinae
Etymology: Malacosteus: Greek, malakos = soft + Greek, osteon = bone (Ref. 45335); australis: Name from Latin austral, meaning southern, for the geographical range of this species.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 500 - 2000 m (Ref. 78501). Subtropical; 25°S - 45°S
Circumglobal: subtropical and temperate waters of the southern hemisphere, 25°-45°S and equatorial Indian Ocean and Indo-Australasian Archipelago.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.6 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 78501); 19.2 cm SL (female)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 16 - 21; Rayons mous anaux: 18 - 23; Vertèbres: 45 - 51. This species possess the following characters: in male, postorbital photophore (PO) 3.7-6.4% upper jaw length (UJL), 0.9-1.7% SL; female PO 2.5-4.4% UJL, 0.6-1.2% SL; IP photophores 5-7 in 3-7 clusters (Ref. 78501).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Only a few were caught above 500 m, thus it appears that this species does not regularly migrate on a diel basis out of the mesopelagic. With its large accessory orbital photophore (AO), this species likely uses this in employing a far-red visual system as part of its foraging strategy (Ref. 78501).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Kenaley, C.P., 2007. Revision of the stoplight loosejaw genus Malacosteus (Teleostei: Stomiidae: Malacosteinae), with description of a new species from the temperate Southern Hemisphere and Indian Ocean. Copeia 2007(4):886-900. (Ref. 78501)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: bycatch
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00407 (0.00161 - 0.01032), b=3.10 (2.88 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100). 🛈 |