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🌊 Marine Data Deficient 🌡️ Deep-water

Dicrolene Vaillanti

Dicrolene vaillanti Alcock, 1890
Max Length
-
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.6
Depth
-
Climate
Deep-water
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
40.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
deep-water

📖 Overview

Rare species, known from a depth of 1,355 m . Oviparous, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass .

Scientific Name
Dicrolene vaillanti
Authority
Alcock, 1890
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Deep-water
IUCN Status
DD
Trophic Level
3.6
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
40.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Snout rather blunt; eye diameter almost as long as snout; opercular spine strong and straight; hind margin of preopercle usually with 3 sharp spines; 2 median and a pair of basibranchial tooth patches; pseudobranchial filaments 2 or 3; 7-15 developed rakers on anterior arch; lower 5-11 pectoral fin rays free and longer than upper ones; precaudal vertebrae 13-16 .

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Dicrolene Vaillanti is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Dicrolene Vaillanti is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Dicrolene Vaillanti is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 1355 m . Deep-water Indian Ocean.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🌑 Deep Water
Trophic Level
3.6±0.6

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.0038 × L3.14 (TL)

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Data Deficient
Assessment Date
2019

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
Medium
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
40.00/100
Moderate vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.6
Predator
Climate Zone
Deep-water
Described By
Alcock, 1890

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Language Common Names
🌍CES hrujovka Vaillantova

Scientific Synonyms

Scientific Name Author Year Status
Paradicrolene vaillanti Alcock 1890 Synonym

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .

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