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Ammodytidae (Sand lances)
Etymology: Bleekeria: He researched the fishes from India and Malaysia, 1862-1878 (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878) was an ichthyologist and army surgeon commissioned (1841) by the Dutch East India Company. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 42 - 43 m (Ref. 123825). Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Sea, Myanmar and Thailand.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123825)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 37 - 39; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15; Vertebrae: 49 - 50. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D 37-39; A 14-15; pectoral-fin rays ii,10,ii; absence of pelvic fins; lateral-line scales 114-119; scale rows between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line 2½; gill rakers 7+19-21; vertebrae 26+23-24; jaws with small teeth; scales on central part of body distorted, quadrate, length clearly larger than height pectoral fins length 6.9-7.0 in SL; head length 4.1-4.4 in SL; body depth at dorsal origin 7.8-8.0 in SL. Colouration when fresh, body salmon pink (darker above) with yellow band along belly; caudal fin yellow medially with black-edged upper and lower lobes (Ref. 123825).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Psomadakis, P.N., T. Yoshinaga, Z.Z. Wah and H. Ida, 2021. Description of two new species of sandlances, genus Bleekeria (Perciformes, Ammodytidae) from the Andaman Sea (northeastern Indian Ocean). Zootaxa 4903(3):419-429. (Ref. 123825)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00324 (0.00140 - 0.00746), b=3.07 (2.88 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±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).
