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Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes) > Aphanopodinae
Etymology: Benthodesmus: Greek, benthos = depth of the sea + Greek, desmos = bond, chain (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 200 - 1000 m (Ref. 6181). Deep-water; 5°N - 9°S, 121°E - 154°E (Ref. 6181)
Western Central Pacific: Halmahera and Flores Sea in Indonesia; north of New Guinea.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 6181)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 34 - 35; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 85 - 90; Spine anali: 2; Raggi anali molli: 80 - 84; Vertebre: 126 - 129. Body silvery, jaws and opercle blackish. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.
Probably benthopelagic, juveniles mesopelagic from 200 to 800 m depth (Ref. 9688).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1993. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 15. Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes,. scabbardfishes, hairtails, and frostfishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(15):136 p. (Ref. 6181)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 8.1 - 12.3, mean 8.3 °C (based on 17 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00046 (0.00020 - 0.00105), b=3.12 (2.92 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Assuming tmax>3).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).