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Microdesmidae (Wormfishes) > Microdesminae
Etymology: Microdesmus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, desmos = link (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Professor Dr Archibald ‘Archie’ Fairly Carr Jr (1909–1987) was an American ecologist and conservationist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino; salmastro demersale. Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: southeastern Mexico and Costa Rica.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.3 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 48399)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 24 - 27; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 34 - 40; Vertebre: 66 - 69. Mostly brown, heavily stippled with melanophores; belly white; 3 dark lines radiating from eye; dark stripe along base of anal fin (Ref. 26938).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Smith, C.L., 1997. National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. (Ref. 26938)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).