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Maurolicus walvisensis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993

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> Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Maurolicinae
Etymology: Maurolicus: Greek,mauros, -os, -on = dark + Greek,lykos = wolf (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 50 m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water; 6°N - 37°S, 10°E - 53°E

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Southeast Atlantic: Along the continental slope of southwestern Africa. Western Indian Ocean: found in seamounts occurring in the area, with the most eastern record at 35°30'S, 53°E.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.7 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26775)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Vértebra: 33 - 35. AC photophores 22-27, usually 24-26. Head 29-31% SL, eye 10-11.5% SL, upper jaw 16-19% SL, maximum body depth well behind pectoral fin base 23-25%. Stomach pigmented, hind portion of intestine not pigmented (Ref. 26775).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

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Parin, N.V. and S.G. Kobyliansky, 1996. Diagnoses and distribution of fifteen species recognized in genus Maurolicus Cocco (Sternoptychidae, Stomiiformes) with a key to their identification. Cybium 20(2):185-195. (Ref. 26775)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 14.7 - 21.1, mean 16.8 °C (based on 16 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00479 (0.00196 - 0.01170), b=3.16 (2.95 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.33 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assuming Fec < 1,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).