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Etymology: Leucicorus: Greek, leykos = white + Greek, kore = pupil (Ref. 45335); gerringerae: Named for Dr. Mackenzie Gerringer (State University of New York at Geneseo, USA).
Eponymy: Dr Mackenzie Gerringer is an Assistant Professor at the State University of New York at Geneseo. Her PhD in Marine Biology was awarded by the University of Hawaii (2017). Her current research centres on the physiology and ecology of deep-sea animals. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 4500 - 5387 m (Ref. 126178). Deep-water
Western Atlantic: north of the Bahama Isl. and off Brazil.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 126178)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 97; Radios blandos anales: 73 - 80; Vértebra: 62. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D 97; A 73-80 rays; total vertebrae 62 (13-14 + 48-49); head squamation extensive on opercle, preopercle and occiput, 25 scales transversely across trunk above the anal-fin origin; bluish eyes large (15-19% HL), no lens; otolith elongate (OL:OH = 1.62), the inner and outer faces are equally convex (Ref. 126178).
Cross section: compressed.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Schwarzhans, W.W., J.G. Nielsen and B.C. Mundy, 2022. Revision of the circumglobal deep-sea genus Leucicorus (Teleostei, Ophidiidae) with two new species. Zootaxa 5100(4):541-558. (Ref. 126178)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00380 (0.00166 - 0.00868), b=3.14 (2.94 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.5 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100). 🛈 |