Pseudonus squamiceps

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Pseudonus squamiceps (Lloyd, 1907)

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Pseudonus: Greek, pseudes = false + Greek, onos = hake.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 416 - 1270 m (Ref. 86869). Deep-water

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Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, Philippines and south of Taiwan and off Northwest Australia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86869)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 95-102; Anal soft rays: 64 - 71; Vertebrae: 55 - 59. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D 95-102; A 64-71; vertebrae 55-59; pelvic fin with one ray each (with one specimen having no pelvic fin ray) (Ref. 86869).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Rare species, found on soft bottom (Ref. 34024).

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Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2.1 - 9.6, mean 7.1 °C (based on 418 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).