Scientific Name
Bregmaceros nectabanus

Common Name
Smallscale codlet

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 42-56; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 42 - 55; Vertebrae: 47 - 52. Body is elongate, yellowish-white with a brownish stripe along each side of the back.

Classification

Classified By

Whitley, 1941

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Cods (Gadiformes)

Family

Codlets (Bregmacerotidae)

Distribution

Region

Eastern Atlantic

Distribution

Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Namibia; reported from the Cape, South Africa (Ref. 4096). Western Atlantic: southeast Caribbean. Indian Ocean and tropical western Pacific to Fiji.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

350 m

Zone

pelagic-neritic

Environment

Marine; pelagic-neritic; non-migratory; depth range ? - 350 m (Ref. 11897)

Trophic Level

3.18 s.e. 0.33 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

7.6 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5001 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Resilience

Unknown

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated