Thalassophryne megalops

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Thalassophryne megalops Bean & Weed, 1910

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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Batrachoidiformes (Toadfishes) > Batrachoididae (Toadfishes) > Thalassophryninae
Etymology: Thalassophryne: Greek, thalassa = the sea + Greek , phryne = toad (Ref. 45335).

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 77 - 183 m (Ref. 30721). Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic: known only from the Gulf of Darien off Colombia and off Panama.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17-19; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 18; Vertebrae: 27. Four faint dark dorsal saddles (Ref. 30721).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Collette, B.B., 1966. A review of the venomous toadfishes, subfamily Thalassophryninae. Copeia 1966(4):846-864. (Ref. 30721)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 August 2012

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 30721)





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 20.2 - 25.1, mean 22.8 °C (based on 11 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.5156   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00184 - 0.01304), b=3.15 (2.92 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100) .
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):   (0 of 100) .