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Zeniontidae (Zeniontids)
Etymology: Zenion: Particle zen, derived from zao = to give life .
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 450 m (Ref. 6543). Deep-water, preferred ?
Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Angola, Ascension and St. Helena Islands. Western Atlantic: off northeast Florida, the Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean to southern Brazil. Western Indian Ocean: Delagoa Bay, Mozambique Channel, off Kenya?, India. Possibly throughout the southern hemisphere.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6543)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Karrer, C., 1990. Zeniidae. p. 629-630. 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. 2. (Ref. 6543)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5703 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic Level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.8 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
69278): .
Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100) .