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Ceratiidae (Warty Seadevils)
Etymology: Ceratias: Greek, keras = horn or horned, refers to the lure projecting from the snout (Ref. 86949).
More on author: Norman.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 100 - 2900 m (Ref. 75154). Deep-water; 26°S - 69°S
Southern Ocean. Also known from Mozambique and South Africa.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 88.0 cm TL (female)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 1; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 4; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 4. Distinguishing characteristics of metamorphosed female: pair of distal esca appendages; illicium length 19.1 to 28.2% SL; presence of 2-6 vomerine teeth in large specimens; darkly pigmented proximal one-half to two-thirds of escal bulb, oval shaped distal portion, proximal portion tapering into stem of illicium; 2 slender escal appendages arising anterior to escal pore, each appendage nearly always bifurcate, trifurcate or multibranched; escal pore at apex of bulb, raised on pigmented papilla in specimens 75 mm and larger (Ref. 86949).
Majority of collected materials taken by trawls that reaches maximum depth of greater than 650m (Ref. 86949).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Pietsch, T.W., 1990. Ceratiidae. p. 210-211. In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Fishes of the Southern Ocean. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa. (Ref. 5185)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2 - 8.4, mean 4.5 °C (based on 779 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6875 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (55 of 100).