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Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) >
Triacanthodidae (Spikefishes) > Triacanthodinae
Etymology: Mephisto: From the personage Goethe´s "Faust", the evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Mephisto (more commonly known in English as Mephistopheles) is the demon to whom Dr Faustus sells his soul. [...] Alec Frederick Fraser-Brunner (1906–1986) was a British ichthyologist at the BMNH. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
marien benthopelagisch; diepte 70 - 337 m (Ref. 52753). Tropical
Indian Ocean: Somalia, Arabian Sea, and Andaman Sea.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.6 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 128588)
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 1999. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of November 1999. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in November 1999. (Ref. 33021)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 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=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278) |
4.2 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |