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Platytroctidae (Tubeshoulders)
Etymology: Mentodus: Latin, mentum = beard, chin + Greek, odous = teeth; bythios: From the Greek bythios, of the deep, in reference to the habitat of platytroctids..
More on authors: Matsui & Rosenblatt.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin bathypélagique; profondeur ? - 1420 m (Ref. 10887). Deep-water
Distribution
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Indo-West Pacific.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.1 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 10887)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 0; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 19; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 17; Vertèbres: 43. Lateral line marked with neuromasts or papillae. Scale pockets with 0-4 subcutaneous pores of 0.1-0.15 mm diameter. Cephalic lateral line canals branched. Lacrimal extending back to mideye. Head length 2.8 in SL; greatest body depth 4.9 in SL.
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Matsui, T. and R.H. Rosenblatt, 1984. Review of the deep-sea fish family Platytroctidae (Pisces: Salmoniformes). Bull. Scripps Inst. Oceanogr. 26(1-7):1-59. (Ref. 10887)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 1.7 - 2.9, mean 2.2 °C (based on 9 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00407 (0.00154 - 0.01080), b=3.17 (2.95 - 3.39), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 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 (Assuming tmax>3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).