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Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Etymology: Acanthemblemaria: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, emblema, -atos, anything that is nailed, knocked in; also anything with bass or high relief (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 5 m (Ref. 11482). Tropical; 11°N - 4°N, 87°W - 76°W (Ref. 56267)
Eastern Central Pacific: Costa Rica to Ecuador.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11482)
Inhabits empty worm and mollusk tubes on rocky reefs. Feeds on zooplankton.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson, 1994. Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p. (Ref. 11482)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 27.3 - 28.7, mean 27.9 °C (based on 47 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [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): 3.4 ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 196 [94, 392] mg/100g; Iron = 0.932 [0.505, 1.670] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.8, 19.2] %; Omega3 = 0.0922 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 14.1 [5.9, 35.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 376 [108, 1,312] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.33 [1.45, 3.60] mg/100g (wet weight);
