Melamphaes acanthomus, Slender bigscale

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Melamphaes acanthomus Ebeling, 1962

Slender bigscale
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Beryciformes (Sawbellies) > Melamphaidae (Bigscale fishes or ridgeheads)
Etymology: Melamphaes: Greek, melan, -anos = black + Greek, amphi = both side (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 3500 m (Ref. 51657). Deep-water

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Eastern Pacific: California, USA to Panama. Reported from Chile (Ref. 9068).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Juvenile samples were collected at depths of 250 - 500 meters, whereas adults at 700 - 3,500 meters (Ref. 51657). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

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Hubbs, C.L., W.I. Follett and L.J. Dempster, 1979. List of the fishes of California. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, No. 133, 51 p. (Ref. 7182)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 30 December 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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