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Australian Faunal Directory FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Australian Faunal Directory    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a302ba8e-281a-4690-b323-33a1d7893b47 Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanocetus&speciesname=murrayi ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanocetus&speciesname=murrayi http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanocetus&speciesname=murrayi ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanocetus&speciesname=murrayi https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanocetus&speciesname=murrayi ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Melanocetus-murrayi.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Melanocetus Species in    Melanocetidae - Classification - Melanocetidae Lophiiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Melanocetus murrayi Günther , 1887 Murray's abyssal anglerfish Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Melanocetus murrayi   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Melanocetus murrayi Picture by Ho, H.-C. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Melanocetidae (Black Seadevils) Etymology: Melanocetus: Greek, 'melas' or 'melanos' = black + Greek, 'ketos' = any large sea creature, more often referring to a whale (Ref. 86949 ) . More on author: Günther . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 100 - 6370 m (Ref. 58302 ), usually 1000 - 2500 m (Ref. 58302 ). Deep-water; 65°N - 60°S, 180°W - 180°E Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Tropical to temperate parts of all oceans. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4491 ); 12.0 cm TL (female) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-14; Anal soft rays : 4. Distinguishing characteristics of metamorphosed female: deeply concave anterior margin of vomer, least outside width between frontals 9.1-17.8% SL; upper jaw with 34-178 teeth, lower jaw 46-142 teeth; length of longest tooth in lower jaw 7.7-16.7% SL; width of pectoral fin lobe 6.1-8.9% SL; width of escal bulb 1.9-5.1% SL; length of illicium 23.1-37.2% SL; esca with minute crests or absent; skin with minute spinules restricted to caudal peduncle; relatively thin integument 0.48 mm (Ref. 86949 ). Distinguishing characteristics of metamorphosed male: upper denticular with 9-12 ventrally directed anterior teeth and posteromedial series of 3-5 teeth; lower denticular 10-13 teeth; posterior nostril contiguous with eye; 12-14 olfactory lamellae; skin naked or with few scattered dermal spinules (Ref. 86949 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Meso- (Ref. 58302 ) and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302 , 75154 ). Males dwarfed, non-parasitic (Ref. 4491 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Bertelsen, E. , 1990. Melanocetidae. p. 492-493. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4491 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 09 May 2013 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.8   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 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