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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Stomiiformes (Lightfishes and dragonfishes) > Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Maurolicinae
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Common names from other countries

Мауролик, Hatchetfish, Mueller's bristle-mouth fish, ... more

Main reference

Wheeler, A. 1992. (Ref. 5204)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35388); common length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); max. reported age: 3 years (Ref. 56527)

Environment

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 271 - 1524 m (Ref. 5204), usually 300 - 400 m (Ref. 82363)

Climate / Range

Deep-water, preferred 22°C (Ref. 107945); 72°N - 55°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution

Sub-Arctic, and sub-Antarctic waters of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. Eastern Atlantic:: from Iceland and Norway to Senegal and from Democratic Republic of the Congo to Namibia. In tropical and subtropical waters.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 19 - 24. Silvery with a greenish-blue back (Ref. 4054).

Oceanic, found to depths of at least 1,524 m. Migrate in the water column at depths of 150-250 m during the day and to about 50 m at night (Ref. 57912, 107678). Mesopelagic (Ref. 5951); abundant near continental shelf-slope breaks and seamounts, rare in the open ocean (Ref. 107678). A cyclic selective feeder of copepods and euphausiids (Ref. 4739). They become sexually mature when 1 year old. Spawning takes place in March - September, producing 200-500 eggs, floating on the surface (Ref. 35388). Lipid content is 5.5 % in fresh body weight and wax ester is 15.3 % in total lipids (Ref. 8966).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.0 ±0.0 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.88; Fec=200-500; tm=1)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (13 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin, 1789)