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Stathmonotus stahli (Evermann & Marsh, 1899)

Eelgrass blenny
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Etymology: Stathmonotus: Greek, stathmos, -ou = a big room + Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Augustin Stahl (1842–1917) was a physician and naturalist in Puerto Rico, who made collections of local natural history specimens. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Evermann & Marsh.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 10 m (Ref. 13628). Subtropical

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Eastern Caribbean Sea from Los Roques Venezuela, Lesser Antilles to Puerto Rico.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 43 - 44; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 24 - 25. Stathmonotus stahli differs from Stathmonotus tekla in the following: segmented caudal rays 11-13, modally 12 (vs. 10-12, modally 11); dorsal-fin spines 41-45, modally 43 (vs. 39-44, modally 42); and precaudal vertebrae 17-19, modally 18 (vs. 16-19, modally 17) (Ref. 82814).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Lives in rubble areas covered by mats of algae and sponges or in beds of finger coral. Generally found in less than 10 m depth (Ref. 13628).

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 October 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 26.4 - 28.2, mean 27.5 °C (based on 548 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00525 (0.00219 - 0.01260), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 146 [51, 344] mg/100g; Iron = 0.956 [0.470, 2.009] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [17.3, 19.8] %; Omega3 = 0.156 [0.068, 0.346] g/100g; Selenium = 6.89 [2.44, 19.97] μg/100g; VitaminA = 284 [76, 1,156] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.69 [0.94, 2.90] mg/100g (wet weight);