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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) >
Triacanthodidae (Spikefishes) > Triacanthodinae
Etymology: Bathyphylax: Greek, bathys = deep + Greek, phylax, -akos = wardn, keeper (Ref. 45335); pruvosti: Named for Patrice Pruvost, MNHN..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 108 - 500 m (Ref. 75586). Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: Marquesas Is. (French Polynesia).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75586)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Santini, F., 2006. A new species of Triacanthodidae (Tetraodontiformes, Acanthomorpha) from the central Pacific. Cybium 30(3):195-198. (Ref. 75586)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2.8 - 5.7, mean 3.8 °C (based on 25 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.3 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).