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🌊 Marine Data Deficient 🌡️ Deep-water

Carpenter's deepwater cardinalfish

Brephostoma carpenteri Alcock, 1889
Max Length
10.2 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.3
Depth
500–2782 m
Climate
Deep-water
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
23.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
deep-water

📖 Overview

Benthopelagic, inhabiting continental and insular slopes . Not used, but taken as bycatch in trawl fisheries .

Scientific Name
Brephostoma carpenteri
Authority
Alcock, 1889
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Deep-water
IUCN Status
DD
Max Length
10.2 cm
Depth Range
500–2782 m
Trophic Level
3.3
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
23.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🔬 Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Teleostei
Order
Acropomatiformes
Acropomatiformes
Family
Epigonidae
Epigonidae
Genus
Brephostoma
Brephostoma
Species
Carpenter's deepwater cardinalfish
Brephostoma carpenteri

🐟 Physical Description

Physical description for Carpenter's deepwater cardinalfish is currently being compiled.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Carpenter's deepwater cardinalfish is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus

🥚 Reproduction

🐣 Oviparous 📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Pelagic
Fertilization
External

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 500 - 2782 m . Deep-water

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🌑 Deep Water
Trophic Level
3.3±0.5

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00389 × L3.12 (TL)
Max TL
10.2cm

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
23.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.3
Predator
Climate Zone
Deep-water
Described By
Alcock, 1889

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Language Common Names
🇬🇧English Carpenter's deepwater cardinalfish
🇯🇵Japanese Urokoyasemutsu · ウロコヤセムツ
🇷🇺Russian Блефостома Карпентера · Брефостома Карпентера

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 5 records indexed .

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