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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Oneirodidae (Dreamers)
Etymology: Oneirodes: Greek, 'oneiros' = a dream or dreamlike or out of a dream (suggesting this fish is so strange and marvelous that can exist only in dreams) (Ref. 86949).

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Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 1800 m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water

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North Atlantic: two records known, off Iceland and off Madeira.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86949)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 6; Anal soft rays: 4. Characterized by having relatively short head; short illicium; short and broad subopercular bone, without indentation on posterodorsal margin; length of ventral fork of opercle 23.1-27.9% SL; ratio of lengths of dorsal and ventral forks of opercle 0.42-0.52; absence of epibranchial teeth; presence of teeth on pharyngobranchial II; teeth in upper jaw 31-33, lower jaw teeth 38-40; vomer with 4-6 teeth; dorsal fin rays 5-6; anal fin rays 4; pectoral fin rays 18; head length 33.1-39.5% SL; head depth 40.0-51.2% SL; premaxilla length 27.3-32.6% SL; lower jaw length 38.0-50.0% SL; illicial length 16.1-22.1% SL (Ref. 86949).

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Bertelsen, E., 1990. Oneirodidae. p. 498-507. 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. 10524)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 23 July 2014

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 5 - 10.7, mean 8.8 °C (based on 96 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fecundity assumed < 1000).

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

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