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Sternoptychidae (Marine hatchetfishes) > Maurolicinae
Etymology: Maurolicus: Greek,mauros, -os, -on = dark + Greek,lykos = wolf (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 0 - 375 m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water
Southeast Pacific: off Ecuador and Galapagos Island.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26775)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 32 - 33. AC photophores 20-24, usually 22-23. First PV photophores of the right and left sides adjoining (separate in all other species) Head 30-34% SL, eye 11-13% SL, upper jaw 18-20% SL, maximum body depth well behind pectoral fin base 27-31% SL. Stomach intensely pigmented, hind portion of intestine not pigmented (Ref. 26775).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Parin, N.V. and S.G. Kobyliansky, 1996. Diagnoses and distribution of fifteen species recognized in genus Maurolicus Cocco (Sternoptychidae, Stomiiformes) with a key to their identification. Cybium 20(2):185-195. (Ref. 26775)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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