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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. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic. Deep-water
Eastern Indian Ocean: off Java, Indonesia and Australia. Western Central Pacific: northern Coral Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26775)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 30 - 31. AC photophores 24-27, usually 25-26.Head 28.5-31% SL, eye 9.5-10.5% SL, upper jaw 16.5-17.5% SL, maximum body depth at or behind pectoral fin base 23-25% SL. Stomach and hind part of intestine not pigmented (Ref. 26775).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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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