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Bembropidae (Duckbill flatheads)
Etymology: Bembrops: Greek, bembras, -ados = a kind of anchovy m+ Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335); magnisquamis: Specific name from the Latin 'magnus' meaning large and 'squama' meaning scale.
More on author: Ginsburg.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 350 - 465 m (Ref. 13203). Deep-water
Western Central Pacific: Caribbean Sea.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.5 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 13203)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 6; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 15 - 16; Raggi anali molli: 17. Color in alcohol uniformly light yellowish brown. Snout relatively short, almost equal to eye diameter, with scales on lateral and dorsal surfaces including the area in front of eye. Upper jaw extending behind anterior margin of eye. Maxillary tentacle long, tapering at the end. Lateral line descending gradually in region of pectoral fin, separated from origin of first dorsal fin by 2-4 rows of scales, from origin of anal fin by 4-5, and from insertion of anal fin by 2. Spines of first dorsal fin not elongated (Ref 13203).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Das, M.K. and J.S. Nelson, 1996. Revision of the percophid genus Bembrops (Actinopterygii: Perciformes). Bull. Mar. Sci. 59(1):9-44. (Ref. 13203)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
Rapporti speciali
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 10.2 - 13.8, mean 12.2 °C (based on 8 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00158 - 0.00917), b=3.11 (2.90 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.8 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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