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Congridae (Conger and garden eels) > Bathymyrinae
Etymology: Ariosoma: Greek, ari = very, strength, superiority + Greek, soma = body (Ref. 45335); kapala: Named for the New South Wales State Fisheries research vessel 'Kapala' from which the holotype was collected; noun in apposition (Ref. 87005).
Eponymy: The FRV ‘Kapala’ (formerly of the NSW Fisheries Research Institute, Australia), from which the type specimens were collected, was honoured for the “…extremely valuable fish collections made by the vessel over almost three decades”. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 46 - 64 m (Ref. 87005). Subtropical
Southwest Pacific: Australia.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 54.0 cm SL (female)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
This species is distinguished by having the following characters: body with mid-greyish brown background colour, covered with small, discrete, ovoid light spots, especially over head, trunk and dorsal and pectoral fins; precaudal vertebrae 74, total vertebrae 147; preanal 2.2 in TL, eye 5.1 in head; vomerine teeth on posterior half of bone molariform (Ref. 87005).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006. Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. (Ref. 75154)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: sem interesse
Ferramentas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 17.5 - 21.3, mean 18.2 °C (based on 3 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00115 (0.00048 - 0.00277), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Médio, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 1,4 - 4,4 anos (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
