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Notosudidae (Waryfishes)
Etymology: Luciosudis: Latin, lucius = pike + Latin, sudis = esox, fish of the Rhine, cited by Plinius 9.15; it also means "stake" (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: John Roxborough Norman (1898–1944) was an English ichthyologist who started his working life as a bank clerk. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino batipelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 500 - 800 m (Ref. 6602). Deep-water
Circumglobal in the temperate and bordering subtropical parts of the southern Atlantic, Indian and western Pacific Oceans, subtropical convergence (Ref. 47377). Larvae found in the western Indian Ocean northward to about 15°S (Ref. 6602).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.7 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 6552)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 10 - 13; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 17 - 20. Blackish in color; midventral scale row dull silvery (Ref. 6602).
Neritic-oceanic, mesopelagic species. May be sexually mature at 18.5 cm SL (Ref. 6552).
Synchronous hermaphrodites, ascend to pelagic oceanic water for spawning (Ref. 47377).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Krefft, G., 1990. Notosudidae. p. 361-364. 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. 1. (Ref. 6552)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 1.9 - 9.9, mean 7.2 °C (based on 255 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00295 (0.00121 - 0.00721), b=3.18 (2.96 - 3.40), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Assuming tmax>3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).