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Melanonidae (Melanonids)
Etymology: Melanonus: Greek, melan, -anos = black Greek, onos = hake.
Eponymy: Professor Dr Erich Johann Georg Zugmayer (1879–1938) was an Austrian explorer, herpetologist and ichthyologist at the Bavarian State Zoological Collection, Munich. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Norman.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; océanodrome (Ref. 51243); profondeur 991 - 3000 m (Ref. 58302). Deep-water; 60°N - 49°S, 81°W - 153°W
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and temperate waters but rare in the temperate northeast Atlantic.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 47377); common length : 26.6 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 6525)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 67 - 81; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 50 - 61. Pale to dark brown in color (Ref. 6607). Teeth on upper jaw in three rows, median row enlarged, needle-like teeth; a pair of enlarged teeth near symphysis; lower jaw teeth biserial, inner row enlarged; vomerine and palatine teeth in a single row (Ref. 13608).
Oceanic, meso- (Ref. 6525) and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Cohen, D.M., 1990. Melanonidae. p. 540. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6525)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2.4 - 5.3, mean 3.3 °C (based on 1892 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00372 (0.00143 - 0.00963), b=3.10 (2.88 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 37.7 [10.5, 90.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.33 [0.14, 0.93] mg/100g; Protein = 17.3 [15.7, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.138 [0.051, 0.358] g/100g; Selenium = 19.5 [6.2, 51.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 30.8 [3.5, 254.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.626 [0.338, 1.273] mg/100g (wet weight);
