Pakistan country information

Common names: Mac Lelland's unicorn-codfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Bianchi, G., 1985
Importance: subsistence fisheries | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Only accidentally caught.
National Checklist:
Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bianchi, G., 1985
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Bregmacerotidae (Codlets)
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Common names from other countries

أبو قرن للمحيط الهندي, 麦氏犀鳕, Bregmacère de l'océan Indien, ... more

Main reference

Cohen, D.M. 1990. (Ref. 4496)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 9.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4496); common length : 7.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2872)

Environment

Marine; brackish; pelagic-oceanic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 2000 m (Ref. 26165)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 28°C (Ref. 107945); 25°N - 6°N, 62°E - 100°E

Distribution

Indian Ocean: confirmed from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. Reports from outside this area are most likely misidentifications (A.S. Harold, pers. comm., 18/08/98) and name reported from western Pacific may be a misidentification of B. pseudolanceolatus (Ref. 114229).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 57-66; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 58 - 69; Vertebrae: 52 - 58. Body is elongate, brownish and with speckling above and silvery below. The cheek and lower head also silver. Single occipital ray long and delicate, extending to near the middle of the second dorsal fin (Ref. 46075). Pelvic fins are jugular.

If taxonomy is correct, both onshore in brackish water and oceanic. According to larval survey, occurrence in the tropics is wide (Ref. 9902, 45075). Feed on planktonic crustaceans. Also caught with bagnets (Ref. 2872).

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 = 0.5001 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.3 ±0.42 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Assuming tm=1)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
High

Bregmaceros mcclellandi Thompson, 1840