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Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Maurolicinae
Etymology: Maurolicus: Greek,mauros, -os, -on = dark + Greek,lykos = wolf (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Francesco Maurolico (1494–1575) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer from Messina, Sicily. [...] Dr Stanley Howard Weitzman (1927–2017) was an American ichthyologist who was Research Scientist Emeritus, Division of Fishes, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian and a professor at George [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
marien bathypelagisch; diepte 0 - 100 m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water
Western Atlantic: Fundy Bay, Canada to Gulf of Mexico. Eastern tropical Atlantic: Along the slope of Africa, between 11°N and 6°S, also at seamounts of Vavilov Ridge. Midwater records are also known the Equatorial Atlantic westward to 45°W.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.2 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 26775)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Wervels: 32 - 33. AC photophores 22-26, usually 23-24. Head 29.5-33% SL, eye 9.5-11.5% SL, upper jaw 17-19% SL, maximum body depth at or behind pectoral fin base 22.5-25.5% SL. Stomach and hind portion of intestine not pigmented (Ref. 26775).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Parin, N.V. and S.G. Kobyliansky, 1996. Diagnoses and distribution of fifteen species recognized in genus Maurolicus Cocco (Sternoptychidae, Stomiiformes) with a key to their identification. Cybium 20(2):185-195. (Ref. 26775)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 7.3 - 27.1, mean 12.6 °C (based on 1516 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00194 - 0.01128), b=3.16 (2.95 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): Gemiddeld, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 1,4-4,4 jaar (Assuming tmax>3; fec < 1,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).