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Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Etymology: Chaenopsis: Greek, chaeno = to yawn + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Conrad ‘Connie’ Limbaugh (1925–1960) was a zoologist, diver and underwater photographer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Robins & Randall.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 5 - 20 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Florida (USA), Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Grand Cayman Island, Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbados, Aruba, Curaçao, Colombia, and Venezuela.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 18 - 21; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 31 - 36; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 33 - 37. Light brown with pale dots and a narrow mid-lateral brown stripe, sometimes broken into blotches; faint bars on body; small black spot at front of dorsal fin; mature males with more yellow on head, gill membranes black; branchiostegal rays blue (Ref. 13442).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Occurs in groups, one to a hole, in limestone or coral rubble in clear water. Feeds on small crustaceans, worms, and fishes (Ref. 5521).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00525 (0.00222 - 0.01243), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.7 ±0.55 se; based on food items. |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 141 [72, 235] mg/100g; Iron = 0.741 [0.425, 1.247] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [17.3, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.105 [0.058, 0.187] g/100g; Selenium = 21.4 [9.3, 46.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 182 [59, 544] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.96 [1.27, 2.80] mg/100g (wet weight); |