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Xenisthmus africanus Smith, 1958

Flathead wriggler
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Seychelles country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Aldabra (Ref. 5493). Also Ref. 1623.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/se.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., 1986
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Xenisthmidae (Collared wrigglers)
Etymology: Xenisthmus: Greek, xenos = strange + Greek, isthmos = throat, narrow passage (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Smith.

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

Θαλασσινό(ά) Υφαλόφιλο(α).   Tropical

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Indian Ocean: East Africa and islands in the western Indian Ocean.

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.8 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 5493)

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Ραχιαίες άκανθες (συνολικά) : 7; Μαλακές ραχιαίες ακτίνες (συνολικά) : 12; Εδρικές άκανθες: 1; Μαλακές εδρικές ακτίνες: 11. Dark stripe from snout through eye to pectoral base and lower caudal base; 6-8 dark vertical bars extending from lateral stripe to 2nd dorsal fin base (Ref. 5493).

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

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Hoese, D.F., 1986. Eleotridae. p. 807-811. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5493)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.5 - 28.9, mean 27.9 (based on 592 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).