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Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Etymology: Chaenopsis: Greek, chaeno = to yawn + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 5 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical
Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida, USA and the Bahamas to Cuba.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 21; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 34. Snout V shaped when viewed from above. Head dark with blue gill membranes.
Inhabits worm tubes in seagrass beds, often in turbid inshore waters. Usually solitary. Very territorial (Ref. 9710). Occasionally found to depths of 12 m (Ref. 26938).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 26.1 - 28.2, mean 27.5 °C (based on 539 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00525 (0.00224 - 0.01232), b=3.07 (2.86 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.7 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 131 [67, 207] mg/100g; Iron = 0.738 [0.422, 1.234] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [17.4, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.0831 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 18.8 [8.7, 39.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 135 [43, 404] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.97 [1.30, 2.83] mg/100g (wet weight);