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Paralepididae (Barracudinas)
Etymology: Stemonosudis: Greek, stemon, -onos = warp, weft + Latin, sudis = esox, fish of the Rhine, cited by Plinius 9.15; it also means "stake" (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Brian J Rothschild (d: 1934) was at the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Honolulu, Hawaii. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 352 - 712 m (Ref. 121607). Deep-water
Circumglobal, tropical seas; including Hawaii, but not in the eastern Pacific.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal soft rays: 32 - 35; Vertebrae: 89 - 92. This species is distinguished by the following characters; a relatively moderately slender body, both depth 15.9-18.8 in SL; presence of 5 saddles on dorsum before dorsal-fin origin and 3 on abdominal margin before pelvic-fin origin; prepelvic vertebrae 39-41, predorsal 50-52; 9-13 vertebrae in horizontal distance between origins of pelvic and dorsal fins; lateral-line scales before pelvic 39-41 and berfore dorsal 50-52 (Ref. 121607).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ho, H.-C., B. Russell, K. Graham and P.N. Psomadakis, 2019. Review of the Stemonosudis rothschildi species complex, with descriptions of two new species from the Indo-west Pacific Ocean (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae). Zootaxa 4702(1):216-229. (Ref. 121607)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 10.7 - 18.6, mean 13.3 °C (based on 196 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00224 (0.00090 - 0.00555), b=3.14 (2.92 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tmax>3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).