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Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) >
Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Opostomias: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Takanaga Mitsui (d: 1892) was a member of the powerful MItsui clan which owned the House of Mitsui (Tokugawa shogunate period (1603–1867)) which evolved into the Mitsui group, one of the biggest trading groups in the world. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 60 - 1366 m (Ref. 27311). Deep-water; 55°N - 32°N, 120°E - 117°W
Northeast Pacific: Southern California, 32-34°N, to British Columbia, 48°30'-55°N. Northwest Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 559)
Mesopelagic (Ref. 58302).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 0.4 - 8.7, mean 3.3 °C (based on 63 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00302 (0.00116 - 0.00786), b=3.12 (2.89 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.6 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).
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