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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Melanonidae (Melanonids)
Etymology: Melanonus: Greek, melan, -anos = black Greek, onos = hake.
More on author: Norman.

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

Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 991 - 3000 m (Ref. 58302). Deep-water; 60°N - 49°S, 81°W - 153°W

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Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and temperate waters but rare in the temperate northeast Atlantic.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 47377); common length : 26.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6525)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 67-81; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 50 - 61. Pale to dark brown in color (Ref. 6607). Teeth on upper jaw in three rows, median row enlarged, needle-like teeth; a pair of enlarged teeth near symphysis; lower jaw teeth biserial, inner row enlarged; vomerine and palatine teeth in a single row (Ref. 13608).

Oceanic, meso- (Ref. 6525) and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

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Cohen, D.M., 1990. Melanonidae. p. 540. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6525)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 July 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2.4 - 5.3, mean 3.3 °C (based on 1892 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00372 (0.00142 - 0.00972), b=3.09 (2.86 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 37.7 [10.5, 90.2] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.33 [0.14, 0.93] mg/100g ; Protein = 17.3 [15.7, 18.9] % ; Omega3 = 0.138 [0.051, 0.358] g/100g ; Selenium = 19.5 [6.2, 51.9] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 30.8 [3.5, 254.1] μg/100g ; Zinc = 0.626 [0.338, 1.273] mg/100g (wet weight);

Melanonus zugmayeri Norman, 1930