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Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) >
Cepolidae (Bandfishes) > Owstoniinae
Etymology: Owstonia: Named for Alan Owston (1853‒1915), an amateur naturalist, yachtsman and collector of Asian wildlife, notably fishes from Japan and China.; crassa: Name from Latin 'crassus' for thick, fat or stout; referring to the general appearance of the holotype..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 380 - 550 m (Ref. 119093). Tropical
Western Pacific: New Caledonia and the Solomon Is.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 119093)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 21; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 12 - 13; Vertebrae: 28. This species is distinguished by the following characters: LL pattern type 1; D III,19-21; A I,12-13; the lower limb margin of preopercle without spines; a prominent dark premaxillary stripe; adults with 15-22 teeth in outer row of each premaxilla (Ref. 119093).
Caught by beam trawl.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Smith-Vaniz, W.F. and G.D. Johnson, 2016. Hidden diversity in deep-water bandfishes: review of Owstonia with descriptions of twenty-one new species (Teleostei: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae). Zootaxa 4187(1):1-103. (Ref. 119093)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).