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Epigonidae (Deepwater cardinalfishes)
Etymology: Epigonus: Greek, epi = over, in front + Greek, gonio = angle (Ref. 45335); okamotoi: Named for Makoto Okamoto, in appreciation of his valuable and thorough research on the family Epigonidae.
Eponymy: Makoto Okamoto is a Japanese ichthyologist at the Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Taxonomic Remarks
Junior synonym of Epigonus draco Fricke, 2017, according of Okamoto & Gon, 2018 (Ref. 132291:142).
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 315 - 624 m (Ref. 116611). Tropical
Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Sea.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.2 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 116611)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 8; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 9; Épines anales: 2; Rayons mous anaux: 9; Vertèbres: 25. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VII+I, 9; pectoral-fin rays 15; total gill rakers 22; pyloric caeca 4; pored lateral-line scales 47+4; scales below lateral line 8; vertebrae 10+15; presence of opercular spine; no maxillary mustache-like process; no ribs on last abdominal vertebra; upper margin of pectoral-fin base on level or upper margin of the pupil; proximal radial of first anal-fin pterygiophore is slender; colour of mouth cavity light grey (Ref. 116611).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Fricke, R., 2017. Epigonus okamotoi, a new species of deepwater cardinalfish from New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Sea, western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Epigonidae). FishTaxa 2(3):116-122. (Ref. 116611)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 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=0.01202 (0.00574 - 0.02520), b=3.02 (2.84 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.5 ±0.5 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 (34 of 100). 🛈 |