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Emmelichthyidae (Rovers)
Etymology: Erythrocles: Greek, erythros = red + Greek, kleis, kleidos, anything used to close; collar bone (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Hermann Schlegel (1804–1884) was a German-born zoologist who spent much of his life in the Netherlands. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Richardson.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 100 - 500 m (Ref. 9773), usually 215 - 300 m (Ref. 33669). Deep-water
Indo-West Pacific: Japan (type locality), Korea, Natal (South Africa), Kenya and Gulf of Oman. Reported from the central South China Sea (Ref. 33669).
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?, range 22 - ? cm
Max length : 72.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 11228)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 11; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 10 - 12; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 9 - 10. Bluish grey dorsally, silvery white with pinkish tinge below; caudal and pectoral fins reddish orange (Ref. 5325).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Inhabits the continental shelf area (Ref. 5213). Found to feed mainly on shrimp of the family Sergistidae and also on small mesopelagic fishes of the family Myctophidae, Astronesthidae and Paralepididae (Ref. 33669). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Heemstra, P.C., 1986. Emmelichthyidae. p. 637-638. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5325)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial
Herramientas
Special reports
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00488 - 0.02049), b=3.10 (2.91 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.2 ±0.36 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tm=2; K=0.3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).
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