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Oneirodidae (Dreamers)
Etymology: Oneirodes: Greek, 'oneiros' = a dream or dreamlike or out of a dream (suggesting this fish is so strange and marvelous that can exist only in dreams) (Ref. 86949); alius: The name alius is an adjective in apposition from the Latin, meaning another, alluding to the seemingly never-ending number of new forms being discovered within the genus..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur 575 - 1200 m (Ref. 39614). Deep-water
Indo-West Pacific: only from Halmahera Sea.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.8 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 39614)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 5 - 7; Rayons mous anaux: 4. Characterized by having escal morphology: esca with single elongate tapering anterior appendage, 33.3-43.0% SL, without internal pigment; pair of filamentous medial appendages; rounded terminal escal papilla with two bilaterally placed distal pigment spots; short, unpigmented, anteroposteriorly compressed posterior escal appendage; lateral and anterolateral escal appendages absent; large, elongate subopercle with dorsal end tapering to a point, without indentation on posterodorsal margin; length of ventral fork of opercle 30.3-32.3% SL; ratio of lengths of the dorsal and ventral forks of opercle 0.44-0.52; absence of epibranchial teeth; presence of teeth on pharyngobranchial II; upper jaw teeth 28-32, lower jaw teeth 33-37; teeth on vomer 6; dorsal fin rays 5-7; anal fin rays 4; pectoral fin rays 15-16; head length 50.0% SL; head depth 43.0-48.5% SL; premaxilla length 38.0% SL; length of lower jaw 47.5% SL; length of illicium 26.5-35.5% SL (Ref. 86949).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Seigel, J.A. and T.W. Pietsch, 1978. A new species of the ceratioid anglerfish genus Oneirodes (Pisces: Lophiiformes) from the Indo-west Pacific. Copeia 1978(1):11-13. (Ref. 39614)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 5.5 - 7.2, mean 6.2 °C (based on 38 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
