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Etymology: Tenuicephalus: Name from Latin 'tenuis' for thin, weak and 'cephalus' for 'head', referring to the delicate and weak nature of the head ossification which often results in damaged specimens when recovered from deep-water trawls.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / gama de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 1037 - 1930 m (Ref. 125143). Tropical
Western Indian: Madagascar Channel and Western Pacific: Philippines.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.5 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 125143)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
This species is distinguished by the following charcters: precaudal vertebrae 15-16, loin vertebrae 2-4, last precaudal vertebrae without ribs; first gill arch with long gill rakers 17-21; pectoral-fin rays 16-18; HL:HD 1.37-1.55; maximal HD:HD through center of eye 1.75-1.90; weak head spines on ethmoidal and interorbital; opercular spine sharp and extruding; opercular flap small; scales on occiput, cheeks, opercle and maxilla; vomer narrow, naked or with few teeth or with one row of teeth; palatines narrow with 2-3 rows of teeth; basibranchial tooth patch small, narrow with 2 rows of teeth; otolith small, 5.0-6.5 % in HL, with single colliculum; OL:OH = 1.14-1.20; OL:TCL = 1.94-2.30 (Ref. 125143).
Cross section: compressed.
This species does not seem to venture far away from the continental slopes (Ref. 125143).
Ciclo de vida e comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Schwarzhans, W.W. and P.R. Møller, 2021. Revision of the ‘dragon-head’ cusk eels of the genus Porogadus (Teleostei: Ophidiidae), with description of eight new species and one new genus. Zootaxa 5029(1):001-096. (Ref. 125143)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: sem interesse
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00165 - 0.00876), b=3.14 (2.93 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (11 of 100).
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