Sonoda megalophthalma

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Sonoda megalophthalma Grey, 1959

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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Maurolicinae
Etymology: Sonoda: Latin, sonus = sound + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Pearl Mitsu Sonoda (1918–2015) was a largely self-taught naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 503 - 548 m (Ref. 37473). Deep-water

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Mapa de puntos | Introducciones | Faunafri

Western Atlantic: Caribbean sea and Off Nicaragua.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 37473)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 8 - 9; Radios blandos anales: 22 - 25. Body pale yellowish or whitish, sprinkled with black chromatophores in alcohol. Two long groups of photophores. Branchiostegal rays: 8 (Ref. 37473).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Adults taken in bottom hauls (Ref. 37473).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Bigelow, H.B., D.M. Cohen, M.M. Dick, R.H. Gibbs Jr., M. Grey, J.E. Morrow Jr., L.P. Schultz and V. Walters, 1964. Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part four. New Haven, Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ. (Ref. 37473)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

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Fuentes de Internet

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 8.1 - 11.3, mean 8.8 °C (based on 8 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00194 - 0.01128), b=3.16 (2.95 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.2   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈