Facciolella equatorialis (Gilbert, 1891)
Dogface witch eel
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Facciolella equatorialis
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Nettastomatidae (Duckbill eels)
Etymology: Facciolella: Latin, diminutive of falx, falcis = sickle (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Luigi Facciolà (1851–1943) was an Italian physician and ichthyologist who was the first to recognise and describe the Witch-Eel genus (1911) but in doing so used a preoccupied name (Nettastomella). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gilbert.
Etymology: Facciolella: Latin, diminutive of falx, falcis = sickle (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Luigi Facciolà (1851–1943) was an Italian physician and ichthyologist who was the first to recognise and describe the Witch-Eel genus (1911) but in doing so used a preoccupied name (Nettastomella). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gilbert.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 64 - 1000 m (Ref. 96339). Deep-water
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Eastern Central Pacific: Point Conception, California, USA to Panama, and Guadalupe and Galapagos Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Color uniformly brown.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Feeds on small deep-sea crustaceans (Ref. 28023). Caught well offshore in pelagic waters to depths of several hundred meters (Ref. 28023).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Grove, J.S. and R.J. Lavenberg, 1997. The fishes of the Galápagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 863 p. (Ref. 28023)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 November 2019
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00089 (0.00035 - 0.00227), b=2.98 (2.77 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.1 ±0.30 se; based on food items. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=4). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
High vulnerability (56 of 100). 🛈 |