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Microdesmus aethiopicus (Chabanaud, 1927)
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Microdesmus aethiopicus ( Chabanaud , 1927 )

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Microdesmidae (Wormfishes) > Microdesminae
Etymology: Microdesmus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, desmos = link (Ref. 45335 ) .
More on author: Chabanaud .

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range ? - 10 m (Ref. 10815 ). Tropical

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Eastern Central Atlantic: the seven known specimens are from Cameroon (2), Fernando Poo (1), and Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo (4)(Ref. 10815 ). Also reported from the Chiloango River in Cabinda (Angola)(Ref. 120641 ).

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Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 10815 )

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 17. Diagnosis: 47-50 total dorsal fin rays, including 13-17 spines; 26-30 total anal fin rays; anal fin usually originating between verticals from dorsal fin elements 18-20; caudal fin slightly pointed (Ref. 81677 ). Coloration: body yellowish white, perhaps slightly rosy, with many small brown spots forming numerous vertical bands; bands on more posterior parts of body chevron-shaped, marking arrangement of myomeres; snout and dorsal parts of preoperculum and operculum also mottled with numerous small black spots (Ref. 81677 ).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Subadults and adults burrow in muddy littoral or estuarine bottoms (Ref. 10815 ).

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Dawson, C.E. , 1990. Microdesmidae. p. 960-961. In J. C. Quéro, 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. 10815 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

  Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 15 July 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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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).

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