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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/e5d6243a-2107-4260-b373-ed6c034125f5 Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanostomias&speciesname=valdiviae ---> http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanostomias&speciesname=valdiviae http://52.67.158.155/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanostomias&speciesname=valdiviae ---> https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanostomias&speciesname=valdiviae https://fishbase.net.br/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Melanostomias&speciesname=valdiviae ---> https://fishbase.net.br/summary/Melanostomias-valdiviae.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    Melanostomias Species in    Stomiidae - Classification - Melanostomiinae Stomiidae Stomiiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Melanostomias valdiviae Brauer , 1902 Valdivia black dragon fish Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2100 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Melanostomias valdiviae   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Melanostomias valdiviae Picture by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Stomiidae (Barbeled dragonfishes) > Melanostomiinae Etymology: Melanostomias: Greek, melan, -anos = black + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335 ) . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 40 - 1600 m (Ref. 2732 ). Deep-water; 41°N - 49°S, 98°W - 154°W Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Atlantic: between 41°N and 28°N, one record at about 30°N, 18°W, and west of South Africa. Western Atlantic: between 41°N and 28°N, Gulf of Mexico, and south to 8°N; then between 10°S and 18°S. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ). Also Indian and Pacific oceans. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 24.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5951 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-16; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 17 - 19. Body elongate and moderately slender. Short, blunt and non-protrusible snout. Short chin barbel with short terminal expanded section. Black in color. Barbel is black, tip of barbel unpigmented (Ref. 37039 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Also mesopelagic (Ref. 7300 ). Caught from deep water in the Hawaiian area. Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Gibbs, R.H. and M.A. Barnett , 1990. Melanostomiidae. p. 308-337. 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. 4468 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 01 July 2014 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 Allele frequencies Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00302 (0.00117 - 0.00783), b=3.12 (2.89 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.2   ±0.73 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (14 of 100). Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : Laguna, Philippines Page last modified by : mrius-barile Updated: 2023-12-01 01:04:28 gmt TaiBIF | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation