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Microdesmidae (Wormfishes) > Microdesminae
Etymology: Cerdale: Greek, kerdoo, -oos, ous = the wary one, the wily one or the fox. Fishes of Alaska, Jordan and Evermann, 1898; personnal communication of Catherin W. Mecklenburg, California Acad, of Sciences.
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 1 m (Ref. 11482), usually 0 - 1 m (Ref. 11482). Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: Costa Rica to Colombia.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 11482)
Inhabits shallow rocky coasts, including tide pools. Feeds on zooplankton and tiny benthic crustaceans.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | 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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 27.3 - 29.1, mean 28.2 °C (based on 110 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.47 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).