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Bathylagidae (Deep-sea smelts)
Etymology: Bathylagichthys: Greek, bathys = deep + Greek, lagos = hare + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 400 m (Ref. 33679). Deep-water; 33°S - 42°S
Southeast Atlantic to western Indian Ocean.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.2 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 33679)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12 - 13; Radios blandos anales: 13; Vértebra: 42. Branchiostegal rays 4. Greatest body depth 18-23% SL. Pyloric caeca 8-10 (Ref. 41239). Roundish swim bladder. Radial pattern absent on operculum. Gill rakers on the inner surface of epibranchial absent on the first gill arch. Pectorals extending far beyond the origin of the dorsal fin. Base of dorsal fin longer than anal fin base (Ref. 33679).
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Kobylyanskiy, S.G., 1985. Material for the revision of the genus Bathylagus Gunther (Bathylagidae): the group of "light" deepsea smelts. J. Ichthyol. 25(2):1-17. (Ref. 33679)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 13.4 - 17.5, mean 14.8 °C (based on 87 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00513 (0.00205 - 0.01282), b=3.00 (2.79 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).