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Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Etymology: Chaenopsis: Greek, chaeno = to yawn + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 1 - 5 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical
Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida, USA and the Bahamas to Cuba.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.5 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 7251)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 21; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 34. Snout V shaped when viewed from above. Head dark with blue gill membranes.
Inhabits worm tubes in seagrass beds, often in turbid inshore waters. Usually solitary. Very territorial (Ref. 9710). Occasionally found to depths of 12 m (Ref. 26938).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.1 - 28.2, mean 27.5 °C (based on 539 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 131 [67, 207] mg/100g; Iron = 0.738 [0.422, 1.234] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [17.4, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.0831 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 18.8 [8.7, 39.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 135 [43, 404] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.97 [1.30, 2.83] mg/100g (wet weight);