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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).
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
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 320 m (Ref. 44983). Tropical
Indian Ocean: Mozambique Channel, west coast of India, Maldives and the Andaman Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 44983)
Short description
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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26 - 30; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 25 - 27. Body pale orange, with 2 oblique pale reddish bars. Lateral line difficult to count. Body depth 1-1.2 in SL, more than twice head length. Pectoral fins longer than pelvic fins; slightly shorter than head. Cheeks and operculum with distinct scales. Gill membranes free from isthmus; branchiostegal rays 6 (Ref. 5318).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Found near the bottom; larvae pelagic (Ref. 9609).
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Adam, M.S., N.R. Merrett and R.C. Anderson, 1998. Additions to the fish fauna of the Maldive Islands. Part 1: An annotated checklist of the deep demersal fishes of the Maldive Islands. Ichthyol. Bull. J. L. B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol., May, No. 67:1-19. (Ref. 30828)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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