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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: of no interest | Ref: Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs off the Bahamas (Ref. 34024).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bf.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/bahamas-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999
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> Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Neobythitinae
Etymology: Tenuicephalus: Name from Latin 'tenuis' for thin, weak and 'cephalus' for 'head', referring to the delicate and weak nature of the head ossification which often results in damaged specimens when recovered from deep-water trawls..

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

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 1500 - 3510 m (Ref. 34024). Deep-water

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Western Atlantic: restricted region within the Caribbean Sea.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

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This species is distinguished by the following characters: precaudal vertebrae 16-17; loin vertebrae 8-10 with the last precaudal vertebrae without ribs; first gill arch with long gill rakers 15-18; pectoral-fin rays 17-19; HL:HD 1.35-1.45; no head spines; opercular spine flat and extruding; opercular flap small; vomer narrow, anteriorly naked, with few teeth posteriorly, while palatines narrow with 1-2 rows of teeth; basibranchial tooth patch very small or absent; lateral line scales to level of vent 14-20; first dorsal fin pterygiophore originating between the second and third neural spine (Ref. 125143).

Uncommon species (Ref. 34024). The species does not venture far from the shelf break (Ref. 125143). Reproductive strategy possibly similar to other members of this family featuring oviparity, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).

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Schwarzhans, W.W. and P.R. Møller, 2021. Revision of the ‘dragon-head’ cusk eels of the genus Porogadus (Teleostei: Ophidiidae), with description of eight new species and one new genus. Zootaxa 5029(1):001-096. (Ref. 125143)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 12 October 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: sin interés

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.6 - 4.2, mean 4.1 (based on 102 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5001 [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).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (14 of 100).

Tenuicephalus silus (Carter & Sulak, 1984)