Volodichthys Solovjevae

📖 Overview

Volodichthys Solovjevae (Volodichthys solovjevae) is a ray-finned fish of the family Liparidae. It inhabits marine (saltwater) waters. This species can reach a maximum total length of 34.3 cm. It occurs at depths between 990 and 2012 metres. With a trophic level of 3.6, it is a mid-level predator.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Vertebrae: 48 - 49. P 35–37, C 14 (2+ 5/6 +1), rad. pect. 4 (3 + 1); three of them are situated on the top and have notch and inter-radial fenestrae. Three pairs of the saber-like pleural ribs. Two asymphytous and distally hypural plates; rudimentary parhypurale. The mouth is terminal. The teeth are simple. The gill slit is oblique and travels to the 10th–13th P ray, its length is 12.8–13.8% SL; the length of the head (c) is 28.9–30.7% SL; the length wise diameter of the disk is 8.7–12.2% SL. The peritoneum is light-colored; the Cooperation Sea Sea, 990–2012 m . Coloration : the living bodies of both holotypes are grey-lilac. This color becomes more saturated at the end of the body or the ends of the dorsal and anal fins. The caudal fin is dark blue. The pectoral fins are lightly colored at the bottom and central parts. Their ends are dark blue (sometimes in a form of wash-outs) both on the external and internal sides. The head is lightly colored. It has a slight yellowish or pinkish film (especially in the paratype) and small light blue spot on the frontal side at the back. The maw and throat before the disk are lilac-grey. The disk is light with the dark blue border around the periphery. The jaws are light blue. The pupil is grey and has a light blue border. The color of the paratype is mainly pink with little contrast between lilac and blue. The peritoneum in both samples is brown with a greenish tint .

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Volodichthys Solovjevae is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Volodichthys Solovjevae is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Volodichthys Solovjevae is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 990 - 2012 m . Polar Southern Ocean: both type specimens were caught in the Cooperation Sea when Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni Norman) was long-line fished at the mesobathybenthal depths (990–2012 m) (Ref.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

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