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Ipnopidae (Deep-sea tripod fishes) > Ipnopinae
Etymology: Ipnops: Greek, hypnos = sleep + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Alexander Emanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (1835–1910) was born in Switzerland but emigrated to the USA with his eminent palaeontologist father, Louis Agassiz (see next entry), and made a fortune out of copper mining. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Garman.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser bathydemersal; tiefenbereich 1392 - 4163 m (Ref. 3590). Deep-water; 6°N - 22°S
Eastern Atlantic: Mid-Atlantic Ridge at latitudes of 5°- 6°N and off Namibia. Elsewhere, widely scattered localities in the Indo-Pacific.
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.5 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 41039); common length : 13.5 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 3590)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 0; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 9 - 11; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 15 - 19. Head black, body dark.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Abyssobenthic on the lower slope and rise. Largest eggs ca 0.8 mm; fecundity is low with ca 85-300 eggs per clutch. Eyes are particularly modified into flat lenseless plaques as in Ipnops murrayi.
Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | Larven
Merrett, N.R., 1990. Chlorophthalmidae. p. 351-360. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 3590)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: nicht kommerziell
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Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00490 (0.00195 - 0.01230), b=3.03 (2.81 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophische Ebene (Ref. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179) |
mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100). 🛈 |