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Bembropidae (Duckbill flatheads)
Etymology: Bembrops: Greek, bembras, -ados = a kind of anchovy m+ Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335); anatirostris: Specific name from the Latin 'anatinus' meaning duck's and rostrum meaning beak or snout, referring to its flattened duck-bill snout.
More on author: Ginsburg.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 100 - 400 m (Ref. 13628). Deep-water
Western Atlantic: northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea off Puerto Rico, Surinam, and French Guiana.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 6; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 15; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 17 - 18.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Generally found below 100 m to at least 400 m (Ref. 13628); enters shelf waters (Ref. 7251).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Das, M.K. and J.S. Nelson, 1996. Revision of the percophid genus Bembrops (Actinopterygii: Perciformes). Bull. Mar. Sci. 59(1):9-44. (Ref. 13203)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 13.4 - 22.7, mean 18.2 °C (based on 79 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00158 - 0.00917), b=3.11 (2.90 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 4.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
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