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Notosudidae (Waryfishes)
Etymology: Luciosudis: Latin, lucius = pike + Latin, sudis = esox, fish of the Rhine, cited by Plinius 9.15; it also means "stake" (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 500 - 800 m (Ref. 6602). Deep-water, preferred ?
Circumglobal in the temperate and bordering subtropical parts of the southern Atlantic, Indian and western Pacific Oceans, subtropical convergence (Ref. 47377). Larvae found in the western Indian Ocean northward to about 15°S (Ref. 6602).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6552)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Neritic-oceanic, mesopelagic species. May be sexually mature at 18.5 cm SL (Ref. 6552).
Synchronous hermaphrodites, ascend to pelagic oceanic water for spawning (Ref. 47377).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Krefft, G., 1990. Notosudidae. p. 361-364. 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. 6552)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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