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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Pantanodontidae (Spine killifishes)
Etymology: Eremodon: 'eremus' (Greek) meaning desert, in reference to the isolated inland distribution in a desertic area; '-odon', referring to the presence of teeth within; cochleari: 'cochleari'(Latin), i.e. spoon-like shape of the thickered posterior ending of the second pelvic ray in male (Ref. 132493).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic. Tropical
Africa: Kenya.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 132493)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This small species, with a compressed body, is distinguished from all other recent Pantanodontidae by the following characters: low anal fin ray count, 13; pelvic fins of males are uniquely modified with the second fin ray ending in a T-split, in some specimens, extremely deformed and merged into a spoon-like claw; dorsal and anal fins pointed in male (no female specimens), slightly elongated but not as extended reaching beyond hypurals; slightly diagonal dorsal area; mouth superior, wide and flattened like typical surface dwellers; eye below the vertebral column (i.e. lateral line); pelvic fin inserted between pleural ribs 4 and 5; pelvic fins reaching the origin of the anal fin; hypurals closed and rounded i.e. a fan, parhypural ankylosed at base; epural free; (number of neural and haemal spines) N/H 2-5 (of which N/H 2-4 have a truncated end, N/H 5 is pointed) (Ref. 132493).
Cross section: compressed.
Maximum size based on original description.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Huber, J.H. and E. Meinema, 2024. Exceptional intra-lacustrine speciation in brackish inland Lake Turkana, with description of Eremodon nov. gen. and two new species, in comparison to coastal Aliteranodon effusorium n. sp. (Pantanodontidae; Cyprinodontiformes). Killi-Data Series 2024:71-99. (Ref. 132493)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6406 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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