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Tetrarogidae (Wasp fishes)
Etymology: Coccotropsis: Greek, kokkos = berry, seed + Greek, tropsis, tropo = turning (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Anastasio Cocco (1799–1854) was an Italian naturalist, marine biologist and pharmacist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin démersal; profondeur 9 - 108 m (Ref. 5499). Subtropical
Southeast Atlantic: Cape to Algoa Bay, South Africa. Reported as likely at Seychelles (Ref. 1623) but Randall and van Egmond 1994 (Ref. 10685) believe otherwise.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 5499)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 14 - 16; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 5 - 6; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 3 - 6. Brownish red in color, with a white blotch covering the belly and rear of body (Ref. 5499).
Common in rotenone collections.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Poss, S.G., 1986. Tetrarogidae. p. 479. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5499)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 15.7 - 22.3, mean 18.1 °C (based on 26 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01905 (0.00776 - 0.04678), b=3.03 (2.82 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).