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Blennodesmus scapularis Günther, 1872

Ocellate eel blenny
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> Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Congrogadinae
Etymology: Blennodesmus: Greek,blenios = mucus + Greek, desmos = chain (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 3 m. Subtropical; 17°S - 30°S

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Western Central Pacific: northern Australia, from Western Australia to Queensland.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.9 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 531)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 1; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 49 - 53; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 38 - 43; Vértebra: 56 - 59. Gill membranes fused ventrally to isthmus. Shoulder with an ocellated, black, eye-sized spot. Lateral line short with 9.7 (6-14) pored scales.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found in intertidal pools to 3 m. Feeds mainly on crustaceans. Eggs with cruciform hooks on the surface.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Winterbottom, R., 1985. Revision and vicariance biogeography of the subfamily Congrogadidae (Pisces: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Indo-Pac. Fish. (9):34 p. (Ref. 531)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.5 - 27.4, mean 25.9 °C (based on 204 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.56 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 102 [36, 224] mg/100g; Iron = 0.772 [0.381, 1.500] mg/100g; Protein = 19.3 [18.0, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.133 [0.060, 0.281] g/100g; Selenium = 6.75 [2.63, 18.28] μg/100g; VitaminA = 108 [28, 429] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.37 [0.76, 2.28] mg/100g (wet weight);