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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Hymenocephalus: Named for its transparent membrane-like head covering (‘‘hymen head’’) and fragile nature of head bones (Ref. 100825); iwamotoi: Named for Tomio Iwamoto, San Francisco, U.S.A..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 242 m (Ref. 98298). Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia (Browse Island).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 98298)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7. This small species (<10.5 cm TL) is distinguished by the following characters: pelvic fin rays 8 (7-9); pectoral 12-13; D1II,6-7; gill rakers 17-20; long barbel 40-46% HL, reaching vertical through rear end of orbit; orbit 35-38% HL; rounded snout, barely protruding, short 15-19% HL; posterior luminescent lens round, ventral striae extending to near periproct: compressed otolith, otholith length to height (OL:OH) is 0.95; colliculi separated, small; pseudocolliculum small, total colliculum length to pseudocolliculum length (TCL:PCL), 1.8-2.0 (Ref. 98298).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Schwarzhans, W., 2014. Head and otolith morphology of the genera Hymenocephalus, Hymenogadus and Spicomacrurus (Macrouridae), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 3888(1):1-73. (Ref. 98298)
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=0.00219 (0.00111 - 0.00431), b=3.20 (3.03 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-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 (10 of 100).