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Monognathidae (Onejaws)
Etymology: Monognathus: Greek, monos = one + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335); ozawai: Named for Takakazu Ozawa who allowed the authors to describe the only Japanese specimen of this rare genus..
More on authors: Bertelsen & Nielsen.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique. Deep-water
Northwest Pacific: Only known from the type locality south of the Ryukyu Islands.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 34506)
Description synthétique
Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 96; Rayons mous anaux: 66. M. ozawai differs from the other species of the genus by the following combination of characters: head short, snout blunt and short, skull length 5.5% TL, rostral fang with dorsal profile slightly convex forming an almost straight line with frontal profile of skull, dorsal fin origin above myomere number 5, anal fin origin below dorsal fin ray number 40 and pectoral fin about 1% TL.
Pelagic, caught in an open ring trawl (Ref. 34506).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Bertelsen, E. and J.G. Nielsen, 1987. The deep sea eel family Monognathidae (Pisces, Anguilliformes). Steenstrupia, 13(4):141-198. (Ref. 34506)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
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 (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.30 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).