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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Mataeocephalus: Greek, maa, mataio = silliness + Greek,kepahle = head (Ref. 45335); kotlyari: Named for Alexander Kotlyar of P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences..
More on authors: Sazonov, Shcherbachev & Iwamoto.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 412 - 1000 m (Ref. 75667), usually 700 - 900 m (Ref. 75667). Subtropical
Southwestern Pacific: Australia, and Chesterfield and Bellona Plateau.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75667)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Sazonov, Y.I., Y.N. Shcherbachev and T. Iwamoto, 2003. The grenadier genus Mataeocephalus Berg, 1898 (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae), with descriptions of two new species. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., v. 54 (no. 17):279-301. (Ref. 75667)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2.2 - 7.8, mean 5.6 °C (based on 208 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00575 (0.00195 - 0.01700), b=3.08 (2.83 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 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 (13 of 100).