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Muraenolepis pacifica  Prirodina & Balushkin, 2007

Southern Pacific moray cod
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Muraenolepididae (Eel cods)
Etymology: Muraenolepis: Latin, muraena = morey eel + Greek, lepis = scale (Ref. 45335);  pacifica: The name of the species is related to its origin in the Pacific Ocean (Ref. 78500).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 450 m (Ref. 76910).   Deep-water, preferred ?; 53°S - 59°S, 141°W - 140°W (Ref. 76910)

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South Pacific: Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, Ridge of Hercules.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 39.0 cm TL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 173-187; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 126 - 133; Vertebrae: 72 - 75. The caudal part is shorter in proportions. The postanal distance over the body length, and the postanal distance over the ante-anal distance are diagnostic, especially on the field. Other Muraenolepis are quite different.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Prirodina, V.P. and A.V. Balushkin, 2007. New species of eel cods Muraenolepis pacifica sp. nova (Muraenolepidae) from the Ridge of Hercules (Pacific-Antarctic Ridge). J. Ichthyol. 47(3):201-206. (Ref. 76910)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.5059   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.3 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 69278):  .
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100) .