Demissolinea novaeguineensis, New Guinean hairtail

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Demissolinea novaeguineensis Burhanuddin & Iwatsuki, 2003

New Guinean hairtail
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes) > Trichiurinae
Etymology: novaeguineensis: Named after the type locality, New Guinea (Ref. 50501).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic. Deep-water

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Western Central Pacific: known only from the type locality, off Dolak Island, southwestern New Guinea.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 50501); 47.5 cm TL (female)

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Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 135 - 137; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 97 - 101; Vertebrae: 156 - 170. Lateral line descending steeply from head and reaching close to ventral body margin; maxilla extending almost to a vertical through posterior margin of eye; subopercle large, elongated, anteriorly serrated, and fimbriated along posterior margin; first anal spine enlarged, dagger-shaped; and caudal peduncle vertebrae short and bearing neural spines (except ultimate centrum), the last four penultimate centra each bearing one long and two short neural spines on the middle of the dorsal zygapophyses (Ref. 50501). Lacks a caudal fin, the body tapering to a hairlike tail (Ref. 50501).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Environment needs verification.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Parin, Nikolay V. | Collaborators

Burhanuddin, A.I. and Y. Iwatsuki, 2003. Demissolinea novaeguineensis, gen. et sp. nov. (Perciformes: Trichiuridae), a new hairtail from New Guinea. Ichthyol. Res. 50(1):23-29. (Ref. 50501)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00052 (0.00022 - 0.00126), b=3.13 (2.93 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming tmax>10).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100). 🛈