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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Kumba: Named for the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, whose research vessel Sarsia dredged the type species.; calvifrons: From the Latin 'calvus' meaning bald, and 'frons' = forehead, in reference to the naked snout and forehead of the species..
More on authors: Iwamoto & Sazonov.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur ? - 960 m (Ref. 11651). Deep-water
Atlantic Ocean: known only from the holotype collected from the equator on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 11651)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 2. Firm head not inflated. Sensory canals on head without enlarged pores. Dorsally scaleless posteriorly onto forehead as 2 projections lateral to median rostral ridge. Suborbital and nasal ridges distinct. Short barbel, about 9% of head length (HL); long upper jaw, 40% HL or more; orbit 27% HL, with snout equal to the orbit, 1.2 times longer than the interorbital. 1D II,11 (Ref. 11651).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Iwamoto, T. and Y.I. Sazonov, 1994. Revision of the genus Kumba (Pisces, Gadiformes, Macrouridae), with the description of three new species. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 48(11):221-237. (Ref. 11651)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00219 (0.00111 - 0.00431), b=3.20 (3.03 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).