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Homostolus acer Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

Filament cusk
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Homostolus acer
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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: Benthopelagic at bathyal depth (Ref. 56809).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Yeh, H.-M., M.-Y. Lee and K.-T. Shao, 2005
National Database: The Fish Database of Taiwan

Common names from other countries

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Neobythitinae
Etymology: Homostolus: Greek, homostolos, -os, -on = wear the same (Composed from omos = equal + stello, stole = wear) (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Smith & Radcliffe.

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

seewasser bathydemersal; tiefenbereich 300 - 1000 m (Ref. 34024).   Deep-water

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Point map | Einführungen | Faunafri

Western Pacific: off Japan to off Australia and New Caledonia.

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.4 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 6225)

Kurzbeschreibung Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie

Rather elongate body with pointed head; eye diameter equal to or longer than snout; jaw teeth granular in narrow bands; opercular spine sharp and straight; 1-3 sharp spines on lower margin of preopercle; median basibranchial tooth patch 1; developed rakers on anterior gill arch 27-42; pectoral fins low on the body; each pelvic fin with 1 ray longer than head; precaudal vertebrae 13.

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Benthopelagic at bathyal depth (Ref. 56809). Found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154). Common species (Ref. 34024). Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Fortpflanzung | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven

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Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)


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