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Monognathidae (Onejaws)
Etymology: Monognathus: Greek, monos = one + Greek, gnathos = jaw (Ref. 45335); ozawai: Named for Takakazu Ozawa who allowed the authors to describe the only Japanese specimen of this rare genus..
More on authors: Bertelsen & Nielsen.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas batipelágico. Deep-water
Northwest Pacific: Only known from the type locality south of the Ryukyu Islands.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 34506)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raios dorsais moles (total) : 96; Raios anais moles: 66. M. ozawai differs from the other species of the genus by the following combination of characters: head short, snout blunt and short, skull length 5.5% TL, rostral fang with dorsal profile slightly convex forming an almost straight line with frontal profile of skull, dorsal fin origin above myomere number 5, anal fin origin below dorsal fin ray number 40 and pectoral fin about 1% TL.
Pelagic, caught in an open ring trawl (Ref. 34506).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas
Bertelsen, E. and J.G. Nielsen, 1987. The deep sea eel family Monognathidae (Pisces, Anguilliformes). Steenstrupia, 13(4):141-198. (Ref. 34506)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.30 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
