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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); emanuela: Named for Ms Emanuela D’Antoni, FAO’s scientific illustrator; noun in apposition.
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 / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 99 - 129 m (Ref. 123097). Tropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Sea, Myanmar.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.6 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 123097)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 9; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 29; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 28. This species is distinguished by the following characters:D IX; pectoral-fin rays 13; body deeply rhomboid with greatest depth 113.8-118.8% SL; premaxilla strongly bent in the middle; scales with deep apical crest armed with numerous spines arranged in several rows distributed in almost all lateral surface of crest. Colour of soft dorsal, anal and caudal fins in life bright-yellow (Ref. 123097)
Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Prokofiev, A.M., P.N. Psomadakis and O. Gon, 2020. A new deep-bodied species of Antigonia (Teleostei, Antigoniidae) from the Andaman Sea (northeastern Indian Ocean). Zootaxa 4763(2):203-216. (Ref. 123097)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02188 (0.01034 - 0.04628), b=3.00 (2.81 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 2.9 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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