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Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Meteoria: Greek, meteora, -ou = the celestial spaces, any athmospheric phenomenon (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: These fish are named after the German research vessel ‘Meteor’, from which the holotypes were collected. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Nielsen.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas batidemersal; intervalo de profundidade 4540 - 5320 m (Ref. 129454). Deep-water; 42°N - 28°N
Northeastern Atlantic.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 34024)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raios dorsais (total) : 48 - 50; Raios anais : 34; Vértebras: 68 - 70. This species is distinguished by the following characters: body long, compressed and rather slender with slightly protruding lower jaw and oblique mouth cleft; head profile convex; eyes tiny, black and deep-set; with a small area surrounding the eyes red-brown; height of head and anterior body-depth equal; head slightly broader than body; palatines edentate; dorsal fin origin well behind midpoint of fish; D 48-50; predorsal length 56-64% SL (Ref. 129454).
Cross section: compressed.
Rare species (Ref. 34024). Caught in non-closing bottom fishing gear (Agassiz and bottom
trawls) (Ref. 129454).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Nielsen, J.G., 2016. Revision of the genera Meteoria and Parasciadonus (Bythitidae) with a new Atlantic, abyssal species of Meteoria. Cybium 40(3):215-223. (Ref. 129454)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: sem interesse
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00479 (0.00192 - 0.01191), b=3.03 (2.81 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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