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Tripterygiidae (Triplefin blennies) > Tripterygiinae
Etymology: Tripterygion: Greek, tres tria = three + Greek, pteron = wing, fin; diminutive (Ref. 45335).
Issue
Tripterygion xanthosoma is considered valid in Patzner et al. 2009:449 (Ref. 93609).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
Θαλασσινό(ά) βενθικό(ς); εύρος βάθους 0 - 40 m (Ref. 4785), usually 6 - 12 m (Ref. 4785). Subtropical; 52°N - 12°N, 19°W - 36°E
Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea: English Channel southwards and along the coast of west Africa, including Madeira and the Canary Islands (Ref. 4785), south to Senegal.
Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.9 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 5294); common length : 6.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 5294)
Adults inhabit shallow coastal waters with rocky substrate. They are found under overhanging rocks, entrances of caves and other biotopes with reduced light. In the Atlantic, they occur in shallow, light-exposed biotopes. They feed on benthic invertebrates, also on harpacticoids (Ref. 4785), amphipods and other copepods (Ref. 94105). Males court by figure-8-swimming (Ref. 4785). Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240). Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Αναπαραγωγή | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Προνύμφες
Wirtz, P., 1990. Tripterygiidae. p. 916-917. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 5294)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
αλιεία: με δυνητικό ενδιαφέρον; Ενυδρείο: Δυνητικό
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 12.5 - 21, mean 18.7 °C (based on 609 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00258 - 0.01228), b=3.08 (2.89 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.44 se; based on food items.
Ελαστικότητα (Ref.
120179): Υψηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού < 15 μήνες (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 360 [191, 886] mg/100g; Iron = 2.16 [1.12, 4.22] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [17.3, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.264 [0.123, 0.562] g/100g; Selenium = 30.7 [11.3, 72.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.1 [2.9, 41.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.65 [1.01, 2.57] mg/100g (wet weight);
