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Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) >
Diretmidae (Spinyfins)
Etymology: Diretmoides: Greek, di = two + Greek, eretmos = oar + Greek, suffix, oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 0 - 950 m (Ref. 9927). Deep-water
Eastern Atlantic: Guinea Bissau to Angola (Ref. 6536). Western Atlantic: eastern Florida, Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and northern Brazil. Indian Ocean: Mozambique, Madagascar, and Western Australia. Pacific: Indonesia, South China Sea, and Kyushu-Palau Ridge (Moore, pers. comm.).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 6744)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 24 - 26; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 18 - 21. Tip of pelvic fin not reaching origin of anal fin (Ref. 13608).
Mesopelagic. Young near the surface while aged adults often descend below 1,000 m depth (Ref. 2683). Largest adults may be benthopelagic (Ref. 9851). Plankton-eaters like the other members of the family (Ref. 6744). Breed all year round (Ref. 6744). Minimum depth range taken from Ref. 27000.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Post, A., 1990. Diretmidae. p. 623-624. 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. 6536)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: d'intérêt potentiel
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 11.4 - 26.3, mean 18.3 °C (based on 1065 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.8125 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.03020 (0.01542 - 0.05916), b=2.94 (2.76 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).
