Issue
Only Bregmaceros sp. in the Mediterranean Sea. Before 2017, the species has been misidentified as Bregmaceros atlanticus in the Mediiterranean Sea (Ref. 85575).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino pelagic-neritic; no migratorio; rango de profundidad ? - 350 m (Ref. 11897). Tropical
Western Atlantic: southeast Caribbean (Ref. 4496). Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Namibia; reported from the Cape, South Africa (Ref. 4096). Mediterranean Sea: Lessepsian migrant (Ref. 85575). Indian Ocean and tropical western Pacific to Fiji (Ref. 4496).
The species has been misidentified as Bregmaceros atlanticus in all previous reports in the Mediiterranean Sea before 2017 (Ref. 85575).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.6 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4496)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 42 - 56; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 42 - 55; Vértebra: 47 - 52. Body is elongate, yellowish-white with a brownish stripe along each side of the back.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Neritic, probably undergo vertical migration. Migrates into and out of anoxic water on a diurnal basis.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Cohen, D.M., 1990. Bregmacerotidae. p. 524-525. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4496)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
Special reports
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 16 - 28, mean 23.7 °C (based on 1637 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00372 (0.00167 - 0.00826), b=3.17 (2.97 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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