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🌊 Marine 🌡️ Deep-water

Kudersky parketnik

Muraenolepis kuderskii Balushkin & Prirodina, 2007
Max Length
22.4 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.3
Depth
440–605 m
Climate
Deep-water
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
29.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
deep-water

📖 Overview

Known from 6 specimens. But specimens might have been misidentified especially with Muraenolepis microps .

Scientific Name
Muraenolepis kuderskii
Authority
Balushkin & Prirodina, 2007
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Deep-water
Body Shape
Elongated
Max Length
22.4 cm
Depth Range
440–605 m
Trophic Level
3.3
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
29.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 134 - 149; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 105 - 113. Body elongated, small relative head size, one ray of D1 elongated, pelvic rays elongated, anal and dorsal continuous with caudal fin. Tubular scale along the upper and anal lateral lines. Numerous sensory pores on head. The species belongs to "few-rayed" species group with less than 150 dorsal fin rays and less than 114 anal fin rays. It differs from the species of this group by a short chin barbel, small relative eye size, and short prebranchial distance, short preanal distance and long post-anal distance.: elongated; Cross section: oval.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Kudersky parketnik 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 440 - 605 m . Deep-water; 53°S - 55°S, 39°W - 34°W South Georgia).

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🌑 Deep Water
Trophic Level
3.3±0.3

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00437 × L3.11 (TL)
Max TL
22.4cm
Dorsal Rays
142
Anal Rays
109

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
Medium
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
29.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.3
Predator
Body Shape
Elongated
Climate Zone
Deep-water
Described By
Balushkin & Prirodina, 2007

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