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Common names: Lookdown dory
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Doonan, I.J., M. Dunn and A.C. Hart, 2009
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from bottom trawls off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ. Also Ref. 4253, 9563, 45493.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: https://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Zeiformes (Dories) > Cyttidae (Lookdown dories)
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Common names from other countries

Циттус ромбовидный, Konge-sanktpetersfisk, 特氏短棘海鲂, ... more

Main reference

Heemstra, P.C. 1986. (Ref. 4253)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 54.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9563); common length : 33.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9258)

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 978 m (Ref. 50308)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred 17°C (Ref. 107945); 18°S - 55°S, 5°W - 173°W

Distribution

Southeast Atlantic: Walvis Ridge and from off Cape Town to Algoa Bay in South Africa. Indo-West Pacific: south coast of Australia and New Zealand.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 35-37; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 36 - 38. Adults silvery grey in color; juveniles (to 10 cm) silvery with brown blotches (Ref. 4253).

Occurs in offshore waters (Ref. 9258). Juveniles pelagic in surface waters (Ref. 9563).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.7500 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.9 ±0.87 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate vulnerability (45 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Cyttus traversi Hutton, 1872