Scientific Name
Benthalbella infans

Common Name
Zugmayer's pearleye

Biology
Dorsal spines : 0; Dorsal soft rays : 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 20 - 25

Classification

Classified By

Zugmayer, 1911

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Grinners (Aulopiformes)

Family

Pearleyes (Scopelarchidae)

Distribution

Region

Atlantic, Indian and Pacific

Distribution

Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and subtropical waters. Absent in the Mediterranean and eastern tropical Pacific. Widespread throughout the Eastern Central Atlantic but recorded mainly between 30?N to 15?N; unknown from the Gulf of Guinea.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

0 m

Depth To - meters

4740 m

Zone

bathyalpelagic

Environment

Marine; bathypelagic; oceanodromous ; depth range 0 - 4740 m , usually 500 - ? m

Trophic Level

4.5 s.e. 0.80 Based on food items.

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

13.8 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5313 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 (10 of 100)

Resilience

Unknown

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated