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Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Congrogadinae
Etymology: Halimuraena: Greek, als, alis = salt + Latin, muraena = morey eel (Ref. 45335); lepopareia: Name from the Greek word 'lepos'(= a scale) and 'pareia' (= a cheek), referring to the diagnostic scaled cheek; noun in apposition..
More on author: Winterbottom.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 0 - 2 m. Tropical; 10°S - 16°S
Western Indian Ocean: Pamanzi Island, Comoros to Nossi Bé, northern Madagascar.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.4 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 675)
Épines dorsales (Total) : 1; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 47 - 50; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 37 - 40. Gill membranes fused ventrally but free from isthmus. Shoulder with a dark ocellated spot. Preopercular canal with 6 pores; 8 suborbital pores; possess a bilateral, anterior interorbital pore. Cheeks, opercles and nape scaled. Second intermittent lateral line along midlateral septum, with 18-56 pored scales.
Inhabits shallow water among weed, rock, and coral.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Winterbottom, R., 1985. Revision and vicariance biogeography of the subfamily Congrogadidae (Pisces: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae). Indo-Pac. Fish. (9):34 p. (Ref. 531)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.8 - 27.9, mean 27.5 °C (based on 60 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [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).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.8 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).