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Trachichthyidae (Slimeheads)
Etymology: Hoplostethus: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, stetho, stethion = brest; literal = to prick a little breast (Ref. 45335); mikhailini: Named for Soviet ichthyologist Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhailin.
Eponymy: Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhailin (1943–1981) was a Russian ichthyologist at the All-Union Research lnstitute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Moscow. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 273 - 525 m (Ref. 9869). Deep-water
Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean: Cape of Good Hope to Delagoa Bay.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9869)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kotlyar, A.N., 1986. Systematics and distribution of species of the genus Hoplostethus Cuvier (Beryciformes, Trachichthyidae). Trudy Inst. Okeanol. 121:97-140. (Ref. 9869)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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