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Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Galeichthyinae
Etymology: Galeichthys: Greek, galeos = a shark + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Castelnau.
पर्यावरण: पर्यावरण / जलवायु क्षेत्र / गहराई सीमा / वितरण सीमा
पारिस्थितिकी
समुद्री प्रवाल-भित्ति संयुक्त. Subtropical; 34°S - 35°S
Southeast Atlantic: South Africa and Namibia.
प्रथम परिपक्वता पर लंबाई / आकार / वज़न / आयु
परिपक्व अवधि: Lm 24.5  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 45.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 3976)
गुदा कांटा: 0; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 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)
आईयूसीएन रेड लिस्ट स्थिति (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
मनुष्यों के लिए ख़तरा
Traumatogenic (Ref. 58010)
मानव उपयोग
मात्स्यिकी: लघु वाणिज्य
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जातिवृति विविधता सूचकांक (संदर्भ 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). |
ट्रॉफिक स्तर (संदर्भ 69278) |
3.6 ±0.48 se; based on food items. |
लौटाव (संदर्भ 120179) |
माध्यम, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 1.4 - 4.4 वर्ष। (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
मछली पकड़ने की भेद्यता (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100). 🛈 |
मूल्य श्रेणी (Ref. 80766) |
Medium.
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