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Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Maurolicinae
Etymology: Maurolicus: Greek,mauros, -os, -on = dark + Greek,lykos = wolf (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 375 m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water
Southeast Pacific: off Ecuador and Galapagos Island.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26775)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Vértebra: 32 - 33. AC photophores 20-24, usually 22-23. First PV photophores of the right and left sides adjoining (separate in all other species) Head 30-34% SL, eye 11-13% SL, upper jaw 18-20% SL, maximum body depth well behind pectoral fin base 27-31% SL. Stomach intensely pigmented, hind portion of intestine not pigmented (Ref. 26775).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Parin, N.V. and S.G. Kobyliansky, 1996. Diagnoses and distribution of fifteen species recognized in genus Maurolicus Cocco (Sternoptychidae, Stomiiformes) with a key to their identification. Cybium 20(2):185-195. (Ref. 26775)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 10.1 - 14.7, mean 13.8 °C (based on 6 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00479 (0.00196 - 0.01170), b=3.16 (2.95 - 3.37), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assuming Fec < 1,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).