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🌊 Marine Data Deficient 🌡️ Deep-water

Oneirodes Macronema

Oneirodes macronema Regan & Trewavas, 1932
Max Length
2.7 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.3
Depth
0–1000 m
Climate
Deep-water
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
deep-water

📖 Overview

Overview information for Oneirodes Macronema is currently being compiled by our editorial team.

Scientific Name
Oneirodes macronema
Authority
Regan & Trewavas, 1932
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Deep-water
IUCN Status
DD
Max Length
2.7 cm
Depth Range
0–1000 m
Trophic Level
3.3
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Anal soft rays: 4. Characterized by having escal morphology: esca with anterior appendage short and stout, not longer than escal bulb, bearing a fringe of filaments on lateral margin near base and a single unbranched filament on anterior margin; stout, forked medial escal appendage, more than three times length of escal bulb, bearing 4-5nshort branches near base; left fork of medial appendage with 2 relatively short branches; unbranched fingerlike posterior escal appendage shorter than escal bulb; lateral and anterolateral escal appendage absent; subopercle short and broad, without indentation on posterodorsal margin; length of ventral fork of opercle 24.2-24.7% SL; ratio of lengths of the dorsal and ventral forks of opercle 0.37-0.45; absence of epibranchial teeth; presence of teeth on pharyngobranchial II; upper jaw teeth 18-38, lower jaw teeth 31-44; teeth on vomer 6-7; dorsal fin rays 5; anal fin rays 4; pectoral fin rays 15-17; head length 40.8-45.4% SL; head depth 33.3-42.2% SL; premaxilla length 29.6-36.3% SL; length of lower jaw 46.3-51.5% SL; length of illicium 15.1-22.2% SL .

🌀 Behaviour

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🦐 Diet

Diet information for Oneirodes Macronema is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

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🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 1000 m . Deep-water; 40°N - 10°N Central Atlantic: Off Azores.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🌑 Deep Water
Trophic Level
3.3±0.6

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.01995 × L3.01 (TL)
Max TL
2.7cm
Dorsal Rays
5
Anal Rays
4

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Data Deficient
Assessment Date
2018

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
10.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.3
Predator
Climate Zone
Deep-water
Described By
Regan & Trewavas, 1932

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Language Common Names
🌍CES břichatka dlouhovlákná
🇫🇮Finnish rihmatorkkujakrotti
🇷🇺Russian Длиннонитевой онейрод

Scientific Synonyms

Scientific Name Author Year Status
Dolopichthys macronema Regan & Trewavas 1932 Synonym

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

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