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Dibranchus spongiosa (Gilbert, 1890)

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Dibranchus: Greek, di = two + Greek, brangchia = gills (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gilbert.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 700 - 1244 m (Ref. 40826). Deep-water

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Eastern Central Pacific: Mexico, including the Revillagigedo Islands.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40826)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 6; Anal soft rays: 4; Vertebrae: 18 - 19. Body flabby with thin, translucent skin. Subopercular lateral-line count usually 5. Skull relatively long, at least 30% of SL. Lower lip with membranous fringe of fingerlike papilla. Gill rakers in the form of broad tooth plates attached directly to gill arch,; no pedicels evident. Slender fins moderate in length with thin and transparent membranes. Cephalic lateral-line counts: subopercular usually 5 (5-6); preopercular 2. Tail lateral-line counts 8-11 (Ref. 40826).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Bradbury, M.G., 1999. A review of the fish genus Dibranchus with descriptions of new species and a new genus, Solocisquama (Lophiiformes, Ogcocephalidae). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 51(5):259-310. (Ref. 40826)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 3.6 - 4.4, mean 3.9 °C (based on 25 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02291 (0.00925 - 0.05675), b=2.94 (2.72 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).