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Lestidiidae (Naked barracudinas)
Etymology: Lestidium: Related to Greek, lestes = thief + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335); nigrirostrum: Name from Latin 'niger' and 'rostrum', referring to the black snout..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 280 - 752 m (Ref. 123138). Subtropical
Southwestern Pacific: Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 33.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123138)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal soft rays: 31 - 34; Vertebrae: 87 - 90. This species in the Lestidium atlanticum species complex is distinguished by the following: complete lateral-line; a simple luminescent duct originating below opercle; differs from its two other congeners in this species complex in having A 31-34; prehaemal vertebrae 35-38 and total vertebrae 87-90; lateral-line ending at caudal fin base, with 142-157 scales; dorsal-fin origin clearly behind tip of adpressed pelvic fin; horizontal distance between origins of pelvic and dorsal fins 5.6-8.5%SL and horizontal distance between origins of pelvic (ventral) and anal fins 28.6-38.6%; lateral-line scales 5-7; vertebrae between pelvic-fin origin and dorsal-fin origin, 4-7. Colouration: dorsal area dark brownish, melanophores extending downward to the lateral-line along its entire upper margin; the anterior portions of snout and lower jaw are blackish; abdomen has a very broad black sub-margin (Ref. 123138).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Ho, H.-C., K. Graham and B. Russell, 2020. Three new species of the barracudina genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4767(1):71-88. (Ref. 123138)
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 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00219 (0.00088 - 0.00547), b=3.08 (2.86 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.3 ±0.6 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 (24 of 100).