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Bathyclupeidae (Deepsea herring)
Etymology: melanoptera: Name from Greek 'melas' for black and 'pteron' for wing or fin; referring to the characteristic black fin coloration..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino; rango de profundidad 767 - 1120 m (Ref. 122569). Tropical
Distribución
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Indian Ocean: off Socotra Island and off Myanmar; possibly between Seychelles and Madagascar and off Myanmar.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.2 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 122569)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos anales: 26 - 27. This species is disttinguished by the following characters: head length 2.6 times in SL; mouth cavity uniformly black; snout is longer than orbit; dorsal rayed pterygiophore pattern /1/1/1/1+1/1/1+1/1/; anal-fin rays 26-27; gill-rakers on first gill arch 26-27; large pseudobranch (29-30 elements), all fins black (Ref. 122569).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Prokofiev, A.M., O. Gon and P.N. Psomadakis, 2016. A new species of Neobathyclupea from the northern Indian Ocean with comments on N. malayana (Teleostei, Perciformes, Bathyclupeidae). Zootaxa 4208(5):474-484. (Ref. 122569)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).