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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.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser benthopelagisch; tiefenbereich 70 - 337 m (Ref. 52753). Tropical
Indian Ocean: Somalia, Arabian Sea, and Andaman Sea.
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.6 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 128588)
Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | 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)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (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). |
Trophische Ebene (Ref. 69278) |
4.2 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |