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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Oneirodidae (Dreamers)
Etymology: Dolopichthys: Greek, 'dolops' or 'dolopos' = ambusher + Greek, 'ichthys' = fish (meaning "a fish that attacks by surprise") (Ref. 86949); karsteni: Named for Karsten E. Hartel, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, in recognition of his interest in deep-sea fishes, and for his dedicated service to ichthyologists everywhere as manager of the MCZ fish collections (Ref. 48556).

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Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 700 - 1650 m (Ref. 86949). Deep-water

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Northwest Atlantic.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.9 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7; Anal soft rays: 5 - 6. Dorsal mid line of escal bulb with single, darkly pigmented anteriorly directed papilla, flanked on each side; slender, compressed, posterior appendage; anterior margin lightly pigmented, length approximately equal to length of escal bulb; darkly pigmented swollen basal portion of posterior appendage (holotype); lower jaw teeth 44-88; teeth on vomer 3-6; dorsal fin rays 6-7; anal fin rays 5-6; pectoral fin rays 15-16 (Ref. 86949).

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Leipertz, S.L. and T.W. Pietsch, 1987. A new species of ceratioid anglerfish of the genus Dolopichthys (Pisces: Lophiiformes) from the Western North Atlantic Ocean. Copeia 1987(2):406-409. (Ref. 48556)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 October 2018

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2.2 - 2.7, mean 2.3 °C (based on 556 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5078 [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): 3.7 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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Dolopichthys karsteni Leipertz & Pietsch, 1987