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Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Galeichthyinae
Etymology: Galeichthys: Greek, galeos = a shark + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Castelnau.
البيئة: الوسط / المنطقة المناخية / نطاق العمق / نطاق التوزيع
البيئة
بحري مرتبطة بالشعاب. Subtropical; 34°S - 35°S
Southeast Atlantic: South Africa and Namibia.
الطول عند النضج الأول / الحجم / وزن / العمر
النضج: Lm 24.5  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 3976)
شوكة شرجية: 0; أشعه شرجية لينه: 19 - 22. This species is distinguished with the following characters: short head, nearly as broad as long; blunt snout, well-rounded in lateral profile and dorsally; palatal tooth patches posterior to premaxillary tooth band meet at midline; rounded caudal-fin lobes, of near equal length, fin not deeply forked; short and thick caudal peduncle; underside of body (both head and belly) covered with fine brown specks; anterior gill-rakers on first arch 10-13 (5 + 5); pectoral fin rays 9-12; fatty growth along pectoral fin spines of breeding females not present outside spawning season. Dimorphism present with posterior (humeral) process of cleithrum obvious externally, fan-shaped in females, triangular in males; smooth and shallow dorsomedian cranial depression on exposed skull not reaching supraoccipital process (Ref. 85159).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Carnivorous on benthic invertebrates, primarily annelids (Ref. 4332).
A paternal mouth brooder.
Kulongowski, C., 2010. Revision of the ariid catfish genus Galeichthys Valenciennes (subfamily Galeichthyinae), with description of a new species from South Africa and designation of a neotype for G. ater Castelnau. Smithiania Bull. (12):9-23. (Ref. 85159)
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خطر للأنسان
Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)
استخدامات بشرية
مصائد: غير مهمة تجارياً
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مؤشر التنوع الشُعبي الوراثي (مرجع 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00427 (0.00168 - 0.01086), b=3.07 (2.84 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
مستوى غذائي (مرجع 69278) |
3.6 ±0.48 se; based on food items. |
المرونه (مرجع 120179) |
وسيط, الحد الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع 1.4-4.4 سنة (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
ضعف الصيد (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100). 🛈 |
فئة السعر (Ref. 80766) |
Medium.
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