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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).
More on authors: Regan & Trewavas.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur ? - 2000 m (Ref. 40966). Deep-water
Western Central Pacific: Banda Sea and Celebes Sea (Ref. 40966).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.5 cm SL (female)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 6; Rayons mous anaux: 4 - 5. Characterized by having escal morphology: esca with large, laterally compressed, internally pigmented anterior appendage, with membranous scalloped distal margin; pair of filamentous medial escal appendages, distal tips lightly pigmented in 52.5mm specimens; terminal escal papilla conical; posterior escal appendage short and compressed, with single small branch on posterior margin, and similar branch on each side; lateral and anterolateral escal appendages absent; subopercle without indentation on posterodorsal margin; ventral forks length of opercle 23.0-30.1% SL; ratio of lengths of dorsal and ventral forks of opercle 0.42-0.50; absence of epibranchial teeth; presence of teeth on pharyngobranchial II; upper jaw teeth 28-53, lower jaw teeth 34-53; teeth on vomer 4; dorsal fin rays 6; anal fin rays 4-5; pectoral fin rays 13-14; head length 33.3-41.0% SL; head depth 43.8% SL; premaxilla length 30.0-36.2% SL; length of lower jaw 43.6-52.4% SL; length of illicium 22.5-31.4% SL (Ref. 86949).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Pietsch, T.W., 1999. Oneirodidae. Dreamers (deep-sea anglerfishes). p. 2031-2032. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the WCP. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 12940)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimates based on models
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): 4.2 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
