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Batrachoididae (Toadfishes) > Thalassophryninae
Etymology: Daector: Greek, daiktor, -oros = that can kill (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Waldo LaSalle Schmitt (1887–1977) was an expert on crustaceans who worked at the Smithsonian (1915–1957). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 5 - 30 m (Ref. 11482). Tropical; 11°N - 7°N
Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of Nicoya (Costa Rica) to the Secas Islands (Panama).
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9277)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 2; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 22. Sharp venomous spine on upper rear corner of gill cover; hair-like filaments on head and body generally extending below infraorbital canal of head and below lateral line on body, reaching posteriorly on back as far as eighth ray of second dorsal fin (Ref. 11482).
Found on sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 11482).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson, 1994. Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p. (Ref. 11482)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 27.6 - 28.7, mean 28.2 °C (based on 38 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00189 - 0.01269), b=3.15 (2.92 - 3.38), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).