Barathronus maculatus, Spotted gelatinous cusk

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Barathronus maculatus Shcherbachev, 1976

Spotted gelatinous cusk
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> Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Barathronus: Greek, barathron = abyss + ending -ites, that lives there; the Barathron was a deep pit in Athens where criminals were thrown; 1849 +Greek, onos = hake.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 386 - 1525 m (Ref. 34024). Deep-water

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Indo-West Pacific: off South Africa, Madagascar and Mozambique to Japan, the Philippines and Australia.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6611)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total): 75-83; Radios blandos anales: 55 - 66; Vértebra: 74 - 79. This species is distinguished by the following characters: when preserved, distinct, dark brown pigmentation dorsally between head and dorsal fin and on the sides of the light brown body; fresh specimens when newly caught with dark blue-like pigmentation on the peritoneum and body faintly reddish; D 75-83, A 55-66; vertebrae 74-79; vomer with up to four fangs, dentary with up to five fangs; penis length up to 10% SL, proximally covered by a large dorsal clasper and a smaller ventral clasper protected ventrally by a well-developed fleshy hood; eyes not externally visible in specimens longer than about 14.0 cm SL, while eyes of smaller specimens appear as a narrow, dark ring surrounding lighter tissue (Ref. 128809).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Rare species (Ref. 34024). Viviparous. Relatively often caught by commercial trawlers for it also occurs on the upper continental slope (Ref. 128809).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Nielsen, J.G., J.J. Pogonoski and S.A. Appleyard, 2019. Aphyonid-clade species of Australia (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with four species new to Australian waters and a new species of Barathronus. Zootaxa 4564(2):554-572. (Ref. 128809)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2.1 - 9.6, mean 6.8 °C (based on 265 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00457 (0.00179 - 0.01169), b=3.10 (2.87 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 47.3 [26.0, 106.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.502 [0.248, 1.006] mg/100g; Protein = 15.9 [13.5, 18.3] %; Omega3 = 0.386 [0.182, 0.815] g/100g; Selenium = 19 [7, 46] μg/100g; VitaminA = 17.7 [3.6, 83.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.517 [0.337, 0.789] mg/100g (wet weight);