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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); quiproqua: From the Latin 'qui pro qua', meaning 'one instead of another', referring to the change of name as almost all specimens, including holotype of this species, were included as paratypes in the type series of Antigonia saya.
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.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 190 - 200 m (Ref. 78445). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: known only from the Saya de Malha Bank. High Seas only.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 78445)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 8; Raios dorsais (total) : 30 - 32; Espinhos anais: 3; Raios anais : 29 - 31. Can be diagnosed from other species by having the following characters: upper and lower body profiles without pronounced angles, upper anterior profile almost straight; scales with shallow posterior ridge bearing sharp short ctenias; head length 2.6-2.7 in SL; mouth slit subvertical; lips narrow; descending part of praemaxillare straight; orbit diameter 2.4-2.7 times in HL; gill rakers 20-23; dorsal-fin rays VIII 30-32; anal-fin rays III 29-31 (Ref. 78445).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: oval.
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Parin, N.V. and O.D. Borodulina, 2006. Antigonias (Antigonia, Caproidae) of the Western Indian Ocean: 2 species with eight spiny rays in the dorsal fin. J. Ichthyol. 46(3):203-211. (Ref. 78445)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Temperatura preferida (Ref.
123201): 8.9 - 18.7, mean 12.4 °C (based on 8 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02188 (0.01044 - 0.04586), b=3.00 (2.80 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.9 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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