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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); ovalis: The specific name ovalis refers to the oval body shape of this species.
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.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 100 - 235 m (Ref. 78445). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Saya de Malha Bank. High Seas only.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.6 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 78445)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 8; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 31 - 33; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 29 - 31. Distinguished by the having the following characters: upper and lower body profiles without pronounced angles, upper anterior profile almost straight; body shape oval, moderately deep; scales with shallow posterior ridge, bearing along the edge short ctenias; head length 2.5 times in SL; mouth slit subvertical; lips thin; descending part of praemaxillare straight; orbit diameter 2.6-2.9 times in HL; gill rakers 18-20; dorsal fin-rays VIII 31-33 and anal fin-rays III 29-31 (Ref. 78445).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: oval.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
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)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
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).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 2.9 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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