Scientific Name
Luciosudis normani

Common Name
Paperbones

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 20. Blackish in color; midventral scale row dull silvery (Ref. 6602).

Classification

Classified By

Fraser-Brunner, 1931

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Grinners (Aulopiformes)

Family

Waryfishes (Notosudidae)

Distribution

Region

Circumglobal in the temperate and bordering subtropical parts of the southern Atlantic, Indian and western Pacific Oceans, subtropical convergence (Ref. 47377). Larvae found in the western Indian Ocean northward to about 15?S (Ref. 6602).

Distribution

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

500 m

Depth To - meters

800 m

Zone

bathyalpelagic

Environment

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 500 - 800 m (Ref. 6602)

Trophic Level

3.28 s.e. 0.39 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

20.7 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: of no interest

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (25 of 100)

Resilience

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tmax>3)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated