>
Saccopharyngiformes (Swallowers and gulpers) >
Monognathidae (Onejaws)
Etymology: Monognathus: Greek, monos = one + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Poul Christian Jespersen (1891–1951) was a Danish oceanographer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur ? - 3000 m. Deep-water
Eastern Atlantic: known only from a specimen caught off Sierra Leone.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.9 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 6540)
The specimen examined contained shrimps in its stomach (Ref. 34506).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Bertelsen, E. and J.G. Nielsen, 1990. Monognathidae. p. 207. 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. 6540)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Outils
Articles particuliers
Télécharger en XML
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.6 ±0.59 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
🛈