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Ateleopodidae (Jellynose fishes)
Etymology: Ateleopus: Greek, ateles = imperfect + Greek, pous = foot (Ref. 45335); edentatus: Name from Latin "edentatus" meaning "no teeth".
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 320 - 360 m (Ref. 122089). Tropical
Northwestern Pacific, Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 440 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122089)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Vertebrae: 109 - 135. The species of Ateleopus is distinguished by the following set of characters: anal + caudal-fin rays 94-130; gill rakers 11-13; vertebra 109-135 e (Ref. 122089).
Cross section: compressed.
Occur over sandy-muddy bottoms (Ref. 122089).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kaga, T., 2016. A new jellynose, Ateleopus edentatus, from the western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae). Zootaxa 4083(4):562-568. (Ref. 122089)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5314 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.6 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Very high vulnerability (90 of 100). 🛈 |