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Labrisomidae (Labrisomids)
Etymology: Malacoctenus: Greek, malakos = soft + Greek, kteis, ktenos = comb (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: This is a toponym referring to the Pearl Islands (Archipiélago de las Perlas) in the Gulf of Panama; the type locality. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Fowler.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino demersal. Tropical
Eastern Pacific Ocean: from Panama and Costa Rica. Former subspecies Malacoctenus margaritae mexicanus elevated to species level (Ref. 82814).
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 11482)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Malacoctenus margaritae differs from Malacoctenus mexicanus by the following characters: symphysial pores 1-4, usually 2-4 (vs. 1-4, usually 1); scales between anterior lateral line and the dorsal contour 3-4, usually 3 (vs. 4-5, usually 4); length of the third pelvic-fin ray is shorter and body marking is considerably more distinct in Malacoctenus margaritae (Ref. 82814).
Feeds on invertebrates.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson, 1994. Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p. (Ref. 11482)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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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=0.00933 (0.00403 - 0.02161), b=3.10 (2.91 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items. |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |
Nutrientes (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 398 [217, 876] mg/100g; Iron = 1.56 [0.95, 2.73] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [17.0, 18.8] %; Omega3 = 0.262 [0.140, 0.491] g/100g; Selenium = 28.1 [13.1, 60.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 62.1 [19.6, 187.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.31 [1.56, 3.38] mg/100g (wet weight); |