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Clinidae (Clinids)
Etymology: Cancelloxus: Latin, cancellosus, -a, -um, derived from cancellum = grating, grille, netting (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 10 m (Ref. 42968). Subtropical
Southeast Atlantic: South Africa.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 42968); 12.1 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 38 - 43; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 15; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 51 - 57; Vertebrae: 73 - 75. Head short, depressed, length 5.1-6.7 SL; lower jaw projects prominently; dorsal fin low, even, with the origin 0.7-1.8 of a head length behind the head; pre-dorsal length 25-31% SL; origin of anal fin slightly in advance of the dorsal fin origin; with pre-anal length 25-29% SL; caudal vertebrae 56-57 (Ref. 42968).
Found in sandy areas, from the intertidal down to 10 m depth (Ref. 42968).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Prochazka, K. and C.L. Griffiths, 1991. Cancelloxus longior, a new species of xenopoclinin fish (Perciformes: Clinidae) from South Africa. Spec. Publ. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. 51:1-5. (Ref. 42968)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 16 - 18.6, mean 16.8 °C (based on 55 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00513 (0.00223 - 0.01182), b=3.06 (2.86 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).