Classification / Names
Common names from other countries
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Size / Weight / Age
Max length : 111 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37108)
Environment
Marine; bathypelagic; non-migratory; depth range 600 - 2380 m (Ref. 10437)
Climate / Range
Deep-water, preferred ?; 35°N - 8°N
Distribution
Pacific Ocean: Kermadec Islands, Philippines, Darwin Seamount in central Pacific, Tasman Sea, Nazca Ridge. Indian Ocean: off Socotra Island and Western Australian Ridge. Subtropical and tropical Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
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Short description
Dorsal
spines
(total): 2;
Anal
spines: 0. Head large, completely scaled except for the exposed posterior end of the preopercle and gill membranes. Snout short, bluntly pointed. No suborbital ridge developed; scales spinules numerous, small, sharp, conical, in irregularly divergent to roughly quincunx pattern. Pyloric caeca 12 to 16. Overall color is brown or grayish brown; fins somewhat darker.
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of potential interest
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index
PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)
Trophic Level
4.5 ±0.37 se; Based on food items.
Resilience
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Vulnerability
High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100)
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