Rhinochimaera pacifica, Pacific spookfish

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Rhinochimaera pacifica (Mitsukuri, 1895)

Pacific spookfish
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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

होलोसैफली (किमाइरस) (chimaeras) > Chimaeriformes (Chimaeras) > Rhinochimaeridae (Longnose chimaeras)
Etymology: Rhinochimaera: A chimaera with rhinos (Gr.), nose, referring to long, pointed proboscis of R. pacifica. (See ETYFish);  pacifica: ana- (L.), belonging to: Pacific Ocean, described as a Pacific congener of Harriotta raleighana. (See ETYFish).

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

समुद्री बाथीड़िमरसल; गहराई सीमा 330 - 1490 m (Ref. 26346). Deep-water; 46°N - 50°S

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | Point map | भूमिका | Faunafri

Pacific Ocean: Japanese Archipelago to the South China Sea, and off Australasia and Peru.

Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm 125.0, range 108 - 129.5 cm
Max length : 159 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 122636); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 3.2 kg (Ref. 122636)

Short description आकृति विज्ञान | मौरफोमैटरिक्स

पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण): 1; गुदा कांटा 0; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 0. Pale brown dorsally, grey-brown ventrally; snout and front of head white (Ref. 26346). A spookfish with a very long, narrow, conical snout, a small eye situated behind the mouth, a rather long first dorsal fin and spine, relatively smooth tooth plates, and with the lower caudal-fin lobe longer than the upper lobe (Ref. 6871).

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Found on the continental slope (Ref. 7300). Maximum length 130 cm without caudal filament (Ref. 26346). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are encased in horny shells (Ref. 205).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

Oviparous (Ref. 26346).

Main reference Upload your references | संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994. Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 513 p. (Ref. 6871)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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