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Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Maurolicinae
Etymology: Maurolicus: Greek,mauros, -os, -on = dark + Greek,lykos = wolf (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Francesco Maurolico (1494–1575) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer from Messina, Sicily. [...] Dr Matthias F W Stehmann (d: 1943) is a German ichthyologist whose university career at Kiel University (1962–1969) resulted in degrees covering marine sciences, zoology and limnology and culminated with a doctorate in marine sciences. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 57911). Deep-water; 22°S - 40°S, 60°W - 40°W (Ref. 57911)
Southwest Atlantic: Known along the continental slope of South America.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 3.8, range 2 - 5.1 cm
Max length : 5.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57911)
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Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
A mesopelagic species occurring over the continental slope at about 200 m depth, coming to near the surface at night.
Parin, N.V. and S.G. Kobyliansky, 1996. Diagnoses and distribution of fifteen species recognized in genus Maurolicus Cocco (Sternoptychidae, Stomiiformes) with a key to their identification. Cybium 20(2):185-195. (Ref. 26775)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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