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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
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur 200 - 500 m (Ref. 6181). Deep-water; 15°N - 3°N, 115°E - 126°E (Ref. 6181)
Western Central Pacific: Sulu Sea between the Philippines and Sabah, Malaysia.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 6181)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 36 - 39; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 92 - 99; Épines anales: 2; Rayons mous anaux: 86 - 92; Vertèbres: 133 - 137. Body silvery, jaws and opercle blackish. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.
Probably benthopelagic, juveniles mesopelagic from 200 to 500 m (Ref. 9688).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 8.2 - 15.2, mean 11.1 (based on 29 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).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.6 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).