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Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) >
Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae
Etymology: Opostomias: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Takanaga Mitsui (d: 1892) was a member of the powerful MItsui clan which owned the House of Mitsui (Tokugawa shogunate period (1603–1867)) which evolved into the Mitsui group, one of the biggest trading groups in the world. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
seewasser bathypelagisch; tiefenbereich 60 - 1366 m (Ref. 27311). Deep-water; 55°N - 32°N, 120°E - 117°W
Northeast Pacific: Southern California, 32-34°N, to British Columbia, 48°30'-55°N. Northwest Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559).
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.0 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 559)
Mesopelagic (Ref. 58302).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 0.4 - 8.7, mean 3.3 °C (based on 63 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00302 (0.00116 - 0.00786), b=3.12 (2.89 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.6 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): mittel, Verdopplung der Population dauert 1,4 - 4,4 Jahre. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).