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Microdesmidae (Wormfishes) > Ptereleotrinae
Etymology: Ptereleotris: Greek, pteron = wing, fin + The name of a Nile fish, eleotris (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Helen Randall née Au is a fellow zoologist and wife of the author Dr John ‘Jack’ Ernest Randall Jr. (Also see Randall) (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Randall.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; no migratorio (Ref. 52884); rango de profundidad 3 - 60 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical
Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida, USA and throughout the Antilles (Ref. 7251), and Brazil (Ref. 40101).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9710)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 6 - 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 22 - 24; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 21 - 23. Body pale bluish-gray, with lavender overtones. Fins paler, greenish yellow; caudal fins rounded, moderately long. Mouth very oblique. Scales very small, about 145 in lateral series (Ref. 26938).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Adults are found on sandy or coral rubble bottoms (Ref. 9710). They inhabit 'U-shaped' burrows. Often in pairs. Adults feed on zooplankton and hover head down near burrow (Ref. 9710). Monogamous (Ref. 52884).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Monogamous mating is observed as both obligate and social (Ref. 52884).
Randall, J.E., 1996. Caribbean reef fishes. Third Edition - revised and enlarged. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Hong Kong. 3nd ed. 368 p. (Ref. 13442)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.4 ±0.45 se; based on food items. |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 110 [58, 186] mg/100g; Iron = 0.815 [0.490, 1.359] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [17.0, 19.1] %; Omega3 = 0.101 [0.057, 0.181] g/100g; Selenium = 31.3 [14.7, 65.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 207 [72, 626] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.83 [1.22, 2.58] mg/100g (wet weight); |