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Gaidropsaridae (Rocklings)
Etymology: Gaidropsarus: Greek, ga, ge = the earth + Greek, ydro = water + Greek psaros = speckled, starling (Ref. 45335); mauli: 'mauli', i.e., named after the ichthyologist Günther Edmund Maul (Ref. 129620).
Eponymy: Günther Edmund Maul (1909–1997) was a German ichthyologist and taxidermist who lived and worked most of his life in Madeira. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range
Οικολογία
Θαλασσινό(ά) βενθικό(ς); εύρος βάθους 850 - 1685 m (Ref. 129620). Tropical
Atlantic: Azores and Bay of Biscay.
Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 32.0 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 129620)
Short description
Κλείδες προσδιορισμού | Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία
Σπόνδυλοι: 46 - 47. This medium-sized reddish species is distinguished by the following characters: head depressed with a blunt snout, rounded in dorsal view; head length 23.4-25.4% SL; eye small, 20.9-21.3% SL; first dorsal-fin ray is short, 21.3-25.4% HL; caudal peduncle ogee-shaped, short, slightly higher than long; pectoral fin very broad, spatulate, length 17.8-19.4% SL and its height 10.6-11.0% SL; pelvic fins long, reaching to or exceeding the level of the vent, 27.5-33.3% SL; lateral line short, inconspicuous, present only over the pectoral and reduced to five minute segments with one pore at each end; vertebrae 46-47 (14+32-33) (Ref. 129620).
Cross section: compressed.
Found in hydrothermal vents (Ref. 129620).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες
Biscoito, M. and L. Saldanha, 2018. Gaidropsarus mauli a new species of three-bearded rockling (Gadiformes, Gadidae) from the Lucky Strike hydrothermal vent field (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) and the Biscay Slope (Northeastern Atlantic). Zootaxa 4459(2):301-314. (Ref. 129620)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Αναφ.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00205 - 0.01068), b=3.08 (2.89 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Αναφ.
69278): 3.6 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Ελαστικότητα (Αναφ.
120179): Μεσαίο(α), ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 1,4 - 4,4 έτη (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100).
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