Classification / Names
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Macrouridae (Grenadiers or rattails)
Etymology: Mataeocephalus: Greek, maa, mataio = silliness + Greek,kepahle = head (Ref. 45335); cristatus: Name from Latin crista for crest, referring to the slightly enlarged middle row of spinules on most body scales.
More on authors: Sazonov, Shcherbachev & Iwamoto.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 1000 - 1720 m (Ref. 75667). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Indian Ocean (Saya de Malha Bank, Mascarene Ridge, Markus-Necker Ridge, Ninety East Ridge); Western Pacific (South China Sea),
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.1 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 75667)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Sazonov, Y.I., Y.N. Shcherbachev and T. Iwamoto, 2003. The grenadier genus Mataeocephalus Berg, 1898 (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae), with descriptions of two new species. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., v. 54 (no. 17):279-301. (Ref. 75667)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2.5 - 5.2, mean 3.8 °C (based on 352 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00575 (0.00194 - 0.01707), b=3.08 (2.83 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (17 of 100).
