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Kurtiformes (Nurseryfishes, cardinalfishes.) >
Kurtidae (Nurseryfishes)
Etymology: Kurtus: Kyrtos, -e, -on = curved, with a hump (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Thomas Allen Gulliver (1848–1931) was born in England. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Castelnau.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce; salobre bentopelágico. Tropical; 20°C - 28°C (Ref. 2059); 2°S - 19°S
Asia and Oceania: central southern New Guinea and northern Australia.
Longitud en la primera madurez / Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 63.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2158)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 14 - 15; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 44 - 47.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Adults inhabit mangrove-nipa swamps, brackish estuaries and slow-flowing turbid rivers. Feed on small fishes, shrimps and crayfish. The male carries the eggs around like a bunch of grapes attached to a hook on the head, called forehead brooding (Ref. 36739, 44894). Esteemed table fish (Ref. 2158).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Males carry eggs in clusters or balls attached to a hook on the head, known as 'forehead brooding'. This may be an adaptation to environments with low oxygen and high turbidity (Ref. 36739).
Allen, G.R., 1991. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Publication, no. 9. 268 p. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 2847)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: de interés potencial; pesca deportiva: si
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01380 (0.00575 - 0.03313), b=3.01 (2.79 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.9 ±0.63 se; based on food items. |
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179) |
Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tm=1-2;). |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100). 🛈 |
Categoría de precios (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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