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Polymixiidae (Beardfishes)
Etymology: Polymixia: Greek, poly = a lot of + Greek, myxos = mucus (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: E Louis Berndt (d: 1851) was born in Germany and emigrated to Hawaii (1883). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gilbert.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 18 - 585 m (Ref. 58302). Deep-water
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands, north to Japan, south to Australia.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 47.5 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 10919)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 4 - 5; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 28 - 31; Spine anali: 4; Raggi anali molli: 14 - 16. Dusky greenish above, silvery below; caudal dusky (Ref. 6624).
Benthic (Ref. 58302). Inhabits sandy and muddy areas (Ref. 9137).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Heemstra, P.C., 1986. Polymixiidae. p. 432. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 6624)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 12.7 - 26.6, mean 19.3 °C (based on 438 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5029 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00502 - 0.02394), b=3.03 (2.84 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.67 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Assuming tm=2-4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 8.53 [3.49, 18.17] mg/100g; Iron = 0.194 [0.092, 0.404] mg/100g; Protein = 17.5 [16.2, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.18 [0.09, 0.37] g/100g; Selenium = 12.2 [4.4, 31.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 51.5 [9.4, 295.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.431 [0.256, 0.685] mg/100g (wet weight);