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Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Cataetyx: Greek, kata = down + Greek, etix, stixo, stizo = to prick, to puncture.
Eponymy: This is a toponym referring to the Messier Strait, Patagonia, Chile, where the holoype was collected. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Günther.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas batidemersal; intervalo de profundidade 140 - 1649 m (Ref. 75877). Deep-water; 42°S - 57°S
Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Patagonian region of Chile and Argentina. Records from South Africa and New Zealand are erroneous (Ref. 34024).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.6 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 27363)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 0; Raios dorsais (total) : 100; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais : 70. Body uniformly dark brown with ventral parts of head and trunk pale. Pelvic fins pale brown, remaining fins dark brown (Ref. 27363).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Uncommon species (Ref. 34024).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: sem interesse
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Temperatura preferida (Ref.
123201): 2.9 - 6.1, mean 4.3 °C (based on 70 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00479 (0.00192 - 0.01191), b=3.03 (2.81 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 4,5 - 14 anos (Assuming Fec < 100).
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).
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