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Bathydraconidae (Antarctic dragonfishes) > Bathydraconinae
Etymology: Akarotaxis: Name from Greek words 'Akaros' meaning short or small and 'taxis' meaning row or line, referring to the short upper lateral line; gouldae: Named after the U.S. Antarctic Research and Supply Vessel (ARSV) Laurence M. Gould (LMG); Noun; feminine, following maritime tradition of referring to ships as female.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 215 - 964 m (Ref. 131869). Deep-water
Distribución
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Western Antarctic Peninsula.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.1 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 131869); 13.6 cm SL (female)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 28 - 31; Radios blandos anales: 25 - 28; Vértebra: 47 - 48. This species is distinguished from A. nudiceps by the presence of two dark vertical bands
of pigment on the body; a larger body depth at the origin of the anal fins; and a shorter snout and jaw length.The smallest adult specimen examined was 12.73 mm SL, although the sex was not determined. It is unknown when the characteristic dark vertical bands develop in this species, although it has been reported that these do not appear on larvae up to 2.07 cm SL (Ref. 131869).
Cross section: compressed.
Adults were captured at 600-705 m while larvae were captured at 215-964 m; habitats at these depths in coastal regions of Antarctica are likely composed of similar fine sediments (Ref. 131869).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Corso, A.D., T. Desvignes, J.R. McDowell, C.-H.C. Cheng, E.E. Biesack, D.K. Steinberg and E.J. Hilton, 2024. Akarotaxis gouldae, a new species of Antarctic dragonfish (Notothenioidei: Bathydraconidae) from the western Antarctic Peninsula. Zootaxa 5501(2):265-290. (Ref. 131869)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00224 (0.00117 - 0.00427), b=3.25 (3.08 - 3.42), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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