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Cheilodactylidae (Morwongs)
Etymology: Cheilodactylus: Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, daktylos = finger (Ref. 45335); referring to the fleshy lips and the lower, unbranched pectoral-fin rays (Ref. 120445).
Eponymy: Pixie John was a South African of whom we know little beyond what Smith’s etymology says: “The specific name pixi is a contraction of the name Pixie in honour of Mr Pixie John, formerly of Port Alfred, who sent me the first specimen and always [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade ? - 97 m (Ref. 5319), usually 5 - 30 m (Ref. 5319). Subtropical
Southeast Atlantic: Namibia to South Africa.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5319)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 18 - 20; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 19 - 23; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais moles: 9 - 11. Body bars from top to bottom.
Found among rocks.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Smith, M.M., 1986. Cheilodactylidae. p. 667-668. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5319)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
Descarregue XML
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 16.1 - 22.2, mean 19.5 °C (based on 10 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 137 [79, 257] mg/100g; Iron = 1.25 [0.82, 2.03] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [17.1, 20.6] %; Omega3 = 0.414 [0.278, 0.627] g/100g; Selenium = 21.7 [12.0, 40.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 19.7 [7.4, 52.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.989 [0.714, 1.382] mg/100g (wet weight);
