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Tripterygiidae (Triplefin blennies) > Tripterygiinae
Etymology: Bellapiscis: Latin, bellum = war + Latin, piscis = fish.
More on author: Günther.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; no migratorio; rango de profundidad 0 - 5 m (Ref. 9003). Temperate
Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9003)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 18 - 21; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 10 - 14; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 20 - 23.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Adults occur in rock pools and surge zones. They may remain out of water under rocks or seaweed (Ref. 31184). They feed on mollusks and minute crustaceans, including barnacles. This agile species eludes predators by alternately remaining motionless, then rapidly darting to a new location. Feeding occurs even in the swash zone where the fish rapidly darts with the surge and clinging to the rock as the water recedes, often being left exposed on the damp open rock (Ref. 26966). 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). They breathe air when out of water (Ref. 31184).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Eggs are deposited over the undersurface of a rock where they are fertilized and guarded by the male (Ref. 9003).
Fricke, R., 1994. Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: sin interés
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 12.8 - 18.7, mean 16.1 °C (based on 114 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00346 - 0.01822), b=3.08 (2.88 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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