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Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Etymology: Stathmonotus: Greek, stathmos, -ou = a big room + Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 5 m (Ref. 13628). Tropical
Western Atlantic: Bahamas and Puerto Rico to the northern coast of South America.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13628)
Inhabits eroded limestone shorelines where the bottom is studded with small stinging corals, brain corals, sea fans, etc. (Ref. 5521).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993. Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. (Ref. 5521)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.4 - 28.2, mean 27.5 °C (based on 522 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [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): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 230 [107, 491] mg/100g; Iron = 0.97 [0.51, 1.80] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [17, 19] %; Omega3 = 0.0961 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 12.8 [5.1, 34.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 469 [127, 1,727] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.57 [1.56, 4.06] mg/100g (wet weight);