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Antigoniidae (Deepbody boarfishes)
Etymology: Antigonia: Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who defied her uncle, king Creon, by performing funeral rites over her brother Polynices and was condemned to be immured in a cave (Ref. 45335); ovalis: The specific name ovalis refers to the oval body shape of this species.
Eponymy: Lowe did not explain his reason for coining this name, but presumably it is derived from mythology as FISHBASE suggests: Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who defied her uncle, King Creon, by performing funeral rites over her brother [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
seewasser bathydemersal; tiefenbereich 100 - 235 m (Ref. 78445). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Saya de Malha Bank.
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.6 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 78445)
Kurzbeschreibung
Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 8; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 31 - 33; Afterflossenstacheln: 3; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 29 - 31. Distinguished by the having the following characters: upper and lower body profiles without pronounced angles, upper anterior profile almost straight; body shape oval, moderately deep; scales with shallow posterior ridge, bearing along the edge short ctenias; head length 2.5 times in SL; mouth slit subvertical; lips thin; descending part of praemaxillare straight; orbit diameter 2.6-2.9 times in HL; gill rakers 18-20; dorsal fin-rays VIII 31-33 and anal fin-rays III 29-31 (Ref. 78445).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven
Parin, N.V. and O.D. Borodulina, 2006. Antigonias (Antigonia, Caproidae) of the Western Indian Ocean: 2 species with eight spiny rays in the dorsal fin. J. Ichthyol. 46(3):203-211. (Ref. 78445)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
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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=0.02188 (0.01034 - 0.04628), b=3.00 (2.81 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.9 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).