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Antigonia quiproqua Parin & Borodulina, 2006

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Antigoniidae (Deepbody boarfishes)
Etymology: Antigonia: Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who defied her uncle, king Creon, by performing funeral rites over her brother Polynices and was condemned to be immured in a cave (Ref. 45335);  quiproqua: From the Latin 'qui pro qua', meaning 'one instead of another', referring to the change of name as almost all specimens, including holotype of this species, were included as paratypes in the type series of Antigonia saya..

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Marine; demersal; depth range 190 - 200 m (Ref. 78445). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: known only from the Saya de Malha Bank.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 78445)

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 30 - 32; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 29 - 31. Can be diagnosed from other species by having the following characters: upper and lower body profiles without pronounced angles, upper anterior profile almost straight; scales with shallow posterior ridge bearing sharp short ctenias; head length 2.6-2.7 in SL; mouth slit subvertical; lips narrow; descending part of praemaxillare straight; orbit diameter 2.4-2.7 times in HL; gill rakers 20-23; dorsal-fin rays VIII 30-32; anal-fin rays III 29-31 (Ref. 78445).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Parin, N.V. and O.D. Borodulina, 2006. Antigonias (Antigonia, Caproidae) of the Western Indian Ocean: 2 species with eight spiny rays in the dorsal fin. J. Ichthyol. 46(3):203-211. (Ref. 78445)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans






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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 8.9 - 18.7, mean 12.4 °C (based on 8 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02344 (0.01128 - 0.04870), b=2.97 (2.78 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.9   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).