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Nettastomatidae (Duckbill eels)
Etymology: Facciolella: Latin, diminutive of falx, falcis = sickle (Ref. 45335); smithi: Name 'smithi' in honor of the eminent eel ichthyologist David G. Smith (1942-2024) for his
enormous contribution to the taxonomy of the world’s anguilliform fishes.
Eponymy: Dr Luigi Facciolà (1851–1943) was an Italian physician and ichthyologist who was the first to recognise and describe the Witch-Eel genus (1911) but in doing so used a preoccupied name (Nettastomella). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 260 - 450 m (Ref. 138158). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: India.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 61.7 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 138158)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: dorsal-fin origin slightly before gill openings; predorsal length 40.2-43.7% PAL; head large, its length 43.6-47.5% PAL; brown dorsal and white ventral coloration of thebody and head; melanophore pigments are scattered over ventral part of body; lateral-line pores before dorsal fin 13-15; lateral-line pores before gill openings 16-18; preanal lateral-line pore 47-50; SO 5, IO 9, POM 11, ST 1; predorsal vertebrae 11-13; and preanal vertebrae 46-49. (Ref. 138158).
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like; Cross section: circular.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Kodeeswaran, P. and T.T.A. Kumar, 2025. Facciolella smithi, a new species of deep-water nettastomatid eel (Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae) from the Arabian Sea. Zootaxa 5653(4):563-571. (Ref. 138158)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00087 (0.00035 - 0.00219), b=2.98 (2.76 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (45 of 100).
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