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Microdesmidae (Wormfishes) > Microdesminae
Etymology: Microdesmus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, desmos = link (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
marien; brak water demersaal; diepte 0 - 2 m (Ref. 48399). Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: Costa Rica.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.5 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 48399)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 28; Wervels: 67 - 69. Body with a distinct row of round to diagonal spots along side, which anteriorly are confluent with a well-defined dark streak running posteriorly from the eye, and with a row of asymmetrically placed oblong spots on either side of dorsal fin; pigment present along about two-thirds of length of dorsal and anal elements (Ref. 48399).
Collected in shallow, quiet water, over a silty to sandy bottom, close to the ocean (Ref. 48399).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturities | Voortplanting | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Gilbert, C.R., 1966. Two new wormfishes (family Microdesmidae) from Costa Rica. Copeia 1966(2):325-332. (Ref. 48399)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)
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Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 27.3 - 29.1, mean 28.4 °C (based on 98 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (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).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).