Aulastomatomorpha
phospherops
Alcock, 1890
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Family:
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Alepocephalidae
(Slickheads)
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Order:
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Osmeriformes
(smelts)
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Class:
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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In this site name:
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Max. size:
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28.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 40779); 20.4 cm SL (female) |
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Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 1717 %26#150; 2020 m
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Climate: |
deep-water |
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Importance:
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Resilience: |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.) |
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Distribution:
ccfishery.net
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Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and Coral Sea.
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Morphology:
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Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 21 - 21;
Anal
soft rays: 33 %26#150; 41;
Vertebrae: 52. Head naked, covered with soft, tough skin. Cephalic lateralis system with 5 pores each in the supraorbital, preopercular, and mandibular series and 4 in posttemporal series. No trace of supratemporal commissure. Two pores joined by a short, dark canal on lachrymal on each side of snout above the maxillae. Snout elongate with upper jaw shorter than the lower jaw. Head narrow. Body with small, barely or non-imbricate scale pockets. Branchiostegal rays 5 (?). Pyloric caeca 4 (Ref. 40779).
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Biology: |
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Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
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Dangerous:
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harmless
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