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Etymology: Apristurus: a-, Latin privative, i.e., without; pristis, from pristes (Gr.), sawyer (but here meaning saw); oura (Gr.), tail, referring to absence of saw-toothed crest of enlarged dermal denticles along upper edge of caudal fin as found in the closely related Pristiurus (=Galeus) (See ETYFish); micropterygeus: micro-, from mikros (Gr.), small; pterygion, diminutive of pteryx (Gr.), wing or fin, referring to first dorsal fin being 1/9 size of second dorsal fin (See ETYFish).
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica ? - 913 m (Ref. 13120). Deep-water
Northwest Pacific: South China Sea. Presence in the Western Central Pacific is uncertain (Ref. 11146). High Seas only.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 37.2 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 13120)
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Oviparous, paired eggs are laid. Embryos feed solely on yolk (Ref. 50449).
Meng, Q., Y. Chu and S. Li, 1986. Description of four new species of the genus Apristurus (Scyliorhinidae) from deep waters of the South China Sea. Oceanol. Limnol. Sin. 17(4):274-275. (Ref. 13120)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00347 (0.00172 - 0.00698), b=3.08 (2.90 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Molto basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione più di 14 anni (Fec assumed to be <10).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
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