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Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes) > Trichiurinae						
							
							Etymology: novaeguineensis: Named after the type locality, New Guinea (Ref. 50501).
						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range					
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					marino benthopelagico. Deep-water				
				
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Western Central Pacific:  known only from the type locality, off Dolak Island, southwestern New Guinea.
				
				
			
			
				
					Size / Peso / Age
				
				
				
					Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 45.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 50501); 47.5 cm TL (female)				
				 
			
			
						
				
					Short description					
					Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria					
				
				
				
					Spine dorsali (totale) : 3; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 135 - 137; Spine anali: 1; Raggi anali molli: 97 - 101; Vertebre: 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.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Environment needs verification.			
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					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)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Fonte Biblio. 
82804):  PD
50 = 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  (Fonte Biblio. 
69278):  4.0   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Resilienza  (Fonte Biblio. 
120179):  Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Assuming tmax>10).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100). 
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