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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Mataeocephalus: Greek, maa, mataio = silliness + Greek,kepahle = head (Ref. 45335); kotlyari: Named for Alexander Kotlyar of P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Eponymy: Dr Alexander Nikolaevich Kotlyar (d: 1950) is a biologist and ichthyologist who was an associate curator of ichthyology at the Zoological Museum of Moscow University in the 1990s and is now Chief Scientist, Laboratory of Oceanic Ichthyofauna, P. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Sazonov, Shcherbachev & Iwamoto.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur 412 - 1000 m (Ref. 75667), usually 700 - 900 m (Ref. 75667). Subtropical
Southwestern Pacific: Australia, and Chesterfield and Bellona Plateau.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 75667)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Sazonov, Y.I., Y.N. Shcherbachev and T. Iwamoto, 2003. The grenadier genus Mataeocephalus Berg, 1898 (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae), with descriptions of two new species. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., v. 54 (no. 17):279-301. (Ref. 75667)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
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Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Réf.
123201): 2.2 - 7.8, mean 5.6 °C (based on 208 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00575 (0.00194 - 0.01707), b=3.08 (2.83 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).
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