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Ateleopodidae (Jellynose fishes)
Etymology: Ateleopus: Greek, ateles = imperfect + Greek, pous = foot (Ref. 45335). More on author: Tanaka.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 100 - 600 m (Ref. 41299). Deep-water
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 70.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41299)
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Morphology | Morphometrics
Northwest Pacific: Japan and the East and South China seas.
Found on sand-mud bottoms (Ref. 41299).
Nakabo, T., 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition I. Tokai University Press, Japan, pp v-866.
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5315 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (-0.16711 - 0.17489), b=3.12000 (3.03000 - 3.21000), based on all LWR estimates for this BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic Level (Ref.
69278): 4.0 ±0.6 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
69278): .
Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100) .