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🌊 Marine Least Concern 🌡️ Deep-water

コワモテワニグチボウズギス

Kali macrura Parr, 1933
Max Length
12.3 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.6
Depth
-
Climate
Deep-water
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
deep-water

📖 Overview

All adult specimens have been taken in hauls to depths exceeding 1,000 m. Gargaropteron-stage specimens unknown .

Scientific Name
Kali macrura
Authority
Parr, 1933
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Deep-water
Body Shape
Elongated
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
12.3 cm
Trophic Level
3.6
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🔬 Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Teleostei
Order
Scombriformes
Scombriformes
Family
Chiasmodontidae
Chiasmodontidae
Genus
Kali
Kali
Species
コワモテワニグチボウズギス
Kali macrura

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 21; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 17 - 20. : elongated.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for コワモテワニグチボウズギス 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; bathypelagic; depth range 1000 - ? m . Deep-water Known from relatively few scattered localities from Sargasso Sea to off Baja California, Mexico.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🌑 Deep Water
Trophic Level
3.6±0.2

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00389 × L3.12 (TL)
Max TL
12.3cm
Dorsal Spines
10
Dorsal Rays
20
Anal Spines
1
Anal Rays
19

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2014

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
Medium
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
10.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.6
Predator
Body Shape
Elongated
Climate Zone
Deep-water
Described By
Parr, 1933

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Language Common Names
🇯🇵Japanese Kowamotewaniguchibozugisu · コワモテワニグチボウズギス

Scientific Synonyms

Scientific Name Author Year Status
Hemicyclodon macrurus Parr 1933 Synonym

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 25 records indexed .

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