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Neoscopelus microchir Matsubara, 1943

Shortfin neoscopelid
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Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Abundant in southwestern and common in eastern Taiwan (Ref. 39633). Also Ref. 47843.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Shen, S.C. (ed.), 1993
National Database: The Fish Database of Taiwan

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Myctophiformes (Lanternfishes) > Neoscopelidae (Blackchins)
Etymology: Neoscopelus: Greek, neos = new + Greek, skopelos = a lantern fish (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 250 - 700 m (Ref. 4481).   Deep-water; 35°N - 42°S

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Western Sahara. Western Atlantic: Straits of Florida to off the Virgin Islands. Western Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea to about 28°S; one record off Natal, South Africa (Ref. 6604). Western Pacific: off southern Japan to northeastern New Zealand. South China Sea and East China Sea (Ref.74511).

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 12 - ? cm
Max length : 30.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4481)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12 - 13; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 11 - 13. Head and sides of body dark red, silvery white below; fins pink (Ref. 6604).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found over continental and island slopes (Ref. 4481). Sexual mature at 12 cm (Ref. 47377).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

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Hulley, P.A., 1990. Neoscopelidae. p. 468-469. 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. 4481)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 June 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Pesquerías: sin interés
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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.7 - 14.8, mean 10.9 (based on 367 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6406   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00513 (0.00201 - 0.01311), b=3.09 (2.87 - 3.31), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.40 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).