Kumba Maculisquama
📖 Overview
Kumba Maculisquama (Kumba maculisquama), first described by Trunov, 1981 is a medium-sized fish in the family Macrouridae (order Gadiformes). Adults typically reach 26.70 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. Recorded depth range: 1350 to 1600 metres. It occurs in Deep-water waters. It feeds on a mix of small fish and invertebrates as a mid-level predator.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 2. A rather soft, large, inflated head; small head pores. Dorsally scaleless snout extend onto forehead. Orbit diameter about 29% of head length; snout almost equal to orbit, about 1.1 into broad interorbital (33% HL in width). Rudimentary barbel, less than 3% HL. Well developed ADW and PDW, at either end of the long periproct region, separated by a narrow isthmus. 1D II,9 .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Kumba Maculisquama is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 1350 - 1600 m . Deep-water Southeast Atlantic.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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