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Malacosteus niger Ayres, 1848

Stoplight loosejaw
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> Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Malacosteinae
Etymology: Malacosteus: Greek, malakos = soft + Greek, osteon = bone (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Ayres.

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

समुद्री बैथीपिलाजिक; गहराई सीमा 500 - 3886 m (Ref. 50610). Deep-water; 66°N - 35°S, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 78501)

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Worldwide in all oceans from Arctic latitudes at 66°N to approx. 30°S in the southern hemisphere; unknown in the Mediterranean.

आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.6 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 5951)

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पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 0; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 17 - 21; गुदा कांटा: 0; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 18 - 24; जानवरों की रीड़ का जोड़: 47 - 51. This species possess the following characters: in male, postorbital photophore (PO) 5.8-11.9% upper jaw length (UJL), 1.5-3.1% SL; female PO 2.8-8.1% UJL, 0.8-11.9% SL; IP photophores 3-5 in 3-5 clusters (Ref. 78501).

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Meso- and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). It has been suggested that this species does not undergo substantial diel vertical migration and remains below 500 m (Ref. 78501). Feeds on crustaceans and fishes (Ref. 58426).

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Kenaley, C.P., 2007. Revision of the stoplight loosejaw genus Malacosteus (Teleostei: Stomiidae: Malacosteinae), with description of a new species from the temperate Southern Hemisphere and Indian Ocean. Copeia 2007(4):886-900. (Ref. 78501)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 May 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2.3 - 6, mean 3.6 °C (based on 3340 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00407 (0.00157 - 0.01056), b=3.10 (2.87 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.58 se; based on food items.
लौटाव (Ref. 120179):  माध्यम, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 1.4 - 4.4 वर्ष। (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (16 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 21.5 [5.0, 87.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.37 [0.11, 1.20] mg/100g; Protein = 2.95 [0.00, 6.86] %; Omega3 = 0.196 [0.058, 0.656] g/100g; Selenium = 13.2 [3.7, 54.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 28.6 [3.3, 228.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.55 [0.25, 1.37] mg/100g (wet weight);