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Metavelifer multiradiatus (Regan, 1907)

Spinyfin velifer
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Australia country information

Common names: Common veilfin, Veilfin
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in southern Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales (Ref. 9563). Also reported from Lord Howe Island (Ref. 75154). Also Ref. 6618.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Lampriformes (Velifers, tube-eyes and ribbonfishes) > Veliferidae (Velifers)
Etymology: Metavelifer: Greek, meta = with, after + latin, vela = sail + Latin, fero = to carry (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Regan.

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

marino bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 40 - 240 m (Ref. 9563).   Temperate

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Indo-Pacific: off Maputo in Mozambique; also from Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii. Reported from Japan (Ref. 559).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6618)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 21 - 22; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 20 - 23; Espinas anales: 17 - 18; Radios blandos anales: 16 - 18.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

A benthic species (Ref. 75154) found on the continental shelf (Ref. 9563, 75154) and slope (Ref. 559); also on seamounts (Ref. 559).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

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Heemstra, P.C., 1986. Veliferidae. p. 398-399. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 6618)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 August 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 13.9 - 25, mean 17.6 (based on 189 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.2500   [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):  3.6   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (18 of 100).