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🌊 Marine Least Concern 🌡️ Deep-water

Oneirodes Schmidti

Oneirodes schmidti Regan & Trewavas, 1932
Max Length
9.2 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.9
Depth
-
Climate
Deep-water
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
28.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
deep-water

📖 Overview

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

Scientific Name
Oneirodes schmidti
Authority
Regan & Trewavas, 1932
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Deep-water
Body Shape
Short and / or deep
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
9.2 cm
Trophic Level
3.9
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
28.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 6; Anal soft rays: 4. Characterized by having escal morphology: esca with large complex anterior appendage consisting of a wide compressed base bearing a relatively short unpaired branched filament on posterior margin, 2 extremely long distal filaments that bifurcate as many as five times, and a stout, bifurcated medial filament, each branch becomes highly branched distally; pair of filamentous, highly branched medial escal appendages less than length of escal bulb; terminal escal papilla with a single distal streak of pigment; slender unbranched posterior escal appendage less than length of escal bulb; relatively short, filamentous, branched anterolateral appendage on each side; long and narrow subopercle, dorsal end tapering, rounded or pointed distally, without indentation on posterodorsal margin; length of ventral fork of opercle 26.6-27.7% SL; ratio of lengths of the dorsal and ventral forks of opercle 0.47-0.51; absence of epibranchial teeth; presence of teeth on pharyngobranchial II; upper jaw teeth 60-67, lower jaw teeth 56-76; teeth on vomer 5-6; dorsal fin rays 5-6; anal fin rays 4; pectoral fin rays 15-17; head length 43.8-47.7% SL; head depth 42.4-50.0% SL; premaxilla length 35.9-40.0% SL; length of lower jaw 50.0-52.7% SL; length of illicium 37.5-107.7% SL .: short and / or deep.

🌀 Behaviour

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🦐 Diet

Diet information for Oneirodes Schmidti is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

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🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range ? - 2500 m . Deep-water West Pacific.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🌑 Deep Water
Trophic Level
3.9±0.7

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.01995 × L3.01 (TL)
Max TL
9.2cm
Dorsal Rays
6
Anal Rays
4

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2009

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
28.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.9
Predator
Body Shape
Short and / or deep
Climate Zone
Deep-water
Described By
Regan & Trewavas, 1932

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Language Common Names
🌍CES břichatka Schmidtova
🇷🇺Russian Онейрод Шмидта

Scientific Synonyms

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

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 2 records indexed .

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