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Carapidae (Pearlfishes) > Carapinae
Etymology: Onuxodon: Greek, onyx, -ychos = nail + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); albometeori: Name from Latin 'albometeori' for 'white' and 'meteor', referring to the whitish colouration and ver elongated, posteriorly shallowing body..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina. Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: SW Taiwan.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.8 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 122011)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 136; Raggi anali molli: 135; Vertebre: 75. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: body very elongated, its depth 56.9% HL and 6.7% TL at anal-fin origin; head width 40.0% HL; snout length 15.1% HL; precaudal vertebrae 23. Colouration: body uniformly translucent whitish, without black pigmented tail (Ref. 122011).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Koeda, K., 2019. A new pearlfish, Onuxodon albometeori sp. nov. (Ophidiiformes: Carapidae), from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4702(1):6-9. (Ref. 122011)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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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=0.00102 (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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).