Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 40 - 800 m (Ref. 59152), usually 200 - 800 m (Ref. 59152). Subtropical
Southern hemisphere: off southern Africa (from Walvis Ridge and off Namibia to Madagascar Ridge); Australia (Western Australia to northern New South Wales); off New Zealand, Norfolk Island Ridge; and Rio Grande Plateau.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 33.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 6651)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9 - 10; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 10. A row of 9-10 short conical tubercles in front of dorsal fin. Slate blue dorsolaterally, with round black spots (Ref. 6651).
Specimens usually collected by bottom trawlers at 200 to 800 m depth; longlines between 40 to 100 m depth (Ref. 59152).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Heemstra, P.C., 1986. Uranoscopidae. p. 735-736. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 6651)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 5.2 - 14.4, mean 9.4 °C (based on 169 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00263 - 0.01447), b=3.11 (2.90 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (23 of 100).
