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Argentinidae (Argentines or herring smelts)
Etymology: Glossanodon: Greek, glossa = tongue + Greek, anodos = without teeth (Ref. 45335); macrocephalus: The species name is derived from the greek words 'macro' (large) and 'cephalon' (head).
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur 300 - 600 m (Ref. 121821). Tropical
Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, off Kerala coast, southwestern India.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.4 cm SL (female)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 10 - 11; Rayons mous anaux: 12 - 13. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D 0,10-11; A 0 12-13; Pectoral 0,21-23; Pelvic 0,11-12; branchiostegal rays 5; gill rakers on first arch 30-36; total vertebrae 47-48; presence of small conical teeth patch on middle of lower jaw; absence of teeth on tongue; predorsal length 49–51% SL; prepectoral length 36–39% SL; prepelvic length 57–58% SL; distance from pelvic to anal-fin origins 26–28% SL; head length 35–39% SL; eye diameter 22–26% HL; snout length 28–30% HL; anus is located immediately anterior to anal-fin origin; presence of broad longitudinal black stripe above lateral line; presence dark spot on the pectoral-fin base; and no pigments on the ventral face between isthmus and pelvic-fin bases.
Cross section: circular.
This species is collected from mud-bottom habitat in 300 m depth from the Arabian Sea, off the southwestern coast of India.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Bineesh, K., M. Nashad, K.V.A. Kumar and H. Endo, 2019. Glossanodon macrocephalus, a new argentine fish (Argentinidae) from the Arabian Sea. Zootaxa 4688(2):289-294. (Ref. 121821)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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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=0.00363 (0.00162 - 0.00814), b=3.17 (2.98 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100). 🛈 |