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Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Cataetyx: Greek, kata = down + Greek, etix, stixo, stizo = to prick, to puncture.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 480 - 1000 m (Ref. 4758). Deep-water; 51°N - 36°N, 10°W - 11°E
Eastern Atlantic: France to Portugal and the Ligurian Sea in the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 10 - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4758)
A locally abundant species that feeds on polychaetes and benthic crustaceans (Ref. 34024). Viviparous (Ref. 4758).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
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 Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 10.7 - 13.7, mean 13.1 (based on 21 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00457 (0.00179 - 0.01169), b=3.10 (2.87 - 3.33), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.48 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assuming Fec < 1000; K=0.94).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).