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Gonostomatidae (Bristlemouths)
Etymology: Cyclothone: Greek, kyklothen, in circle, around (Ref. 45335); microdon: microdon meaning small toothed (Ref. 6885).
More on author: Günther.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
البيئة
بحري مياه عميقة; نطاق العمق 200 - 5301 m (Ref. 58426), usually 500 - 2700 m (Ref. 82363). Deep-water; 67°N - 45°S, 180°W - 180°E
Widely distributed in all Atlantic, tropical and austral Indian and Pacific Oceans (Ref. 4463). Southern Ocean: probably circum-Antarctic between the Antarctic Polar Front and the Antarctic continental shelf (Ref. 5162).
Length at first maturity / الحجم / وزن / العمر
Maturity: Lm 3.3, range 3 - 3.5 cm
Max length : 7.6 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 4925)
الأشواك الظهرية (المجموع): 0; الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع): 13-15; شوكة شرجية 0; أشعه شرجية لينه: 17 - 20. Brown to brown-black in color; dense stellate pigment over head, body and fins (Ref. 3991).
An oceanic, deep mesopelagic to bathypelagic species (Ref. 4769). Precise depth range dependent upon developmental stage, latitude, season (Ref. 4769). Doest not exhibit diel vertical migrations (Ref. 4769). A non-seasonal breeder with no recognizable age-cohorts (Ref. 82363). Feeds mainly on copepods (Ref. 4769).
Protandrous, sex reversal observed in the eastern North Atlantic (Ref. 5162). Sex reversal at 22-24 mm SL (Ref. 4769).
Quéro, J.-C., J.C. Njock and M.M. de la Hoz, 1990. Gonostomatidae. p. 283-292. 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. 1. (Ref. 4463)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
استخدامات بشرية
مصائد: غير ذات اهمية
مزيد من المعلومات
مراجعالأستزراع المائيملف الأستزراع المائيسلالاتجينيElectrophoresesالتوريثالأمراضمعالجةNutrientsMass conversion
أدوات
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مصادر علي الأنترنت
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 1.8 - 8.2, mean 3.2 °C (based on 7820 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00171 - 0.00885), b=2.99 (2.79 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
مستوى غذائي (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.13 se; based on food items.
المرونه (Ref.
120179): وسيط, الحد الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع 1.4-4.4 سنة (Assuming tm>1; Fec=2,000-10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
