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Antigonia capros Lowe, 1843

Deepbody boarfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > 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).
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.
More on author: Lowe.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 50 - 900 m (Ref. 5217), usually 100 - 300 m (Ref. 4952). Tropical; 44°N - 51°S, 77°W - 153°W

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Worldwide in subtropical and tropical oceans. Eastern Atlantic: France to Namibia, including Azores and Madeira. Western Atlantic: southern New England, USA and Gulf of Mexico to [Brazil according to Ref. 7251] Uruguay (Ref. 47377). Pacific Ocean: Hawaii (Ref. 7490), Japan (Ref. 559) and Nazca and Sala-y-Gomez (Ref. 50546).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26340); common length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27000); max. published weight: 170.00 g (Ref. 5217)

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Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 33 - 37; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 30 - 35. Body orange red, 3 dark red bands on eye, mid-body and caudal peduncle (Ref. 13608). Mouth oblique; longest dorsal spine about 1/4 of SL (Ref. 559).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults are found close to bottom while juveniles occur in mid water (Ref. 4952). Feed on small mollusks and crustaceans (Ref. 5288). Not regularly marketed (Ref. 5217).

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Karrer, C. and A. Post, 1990. Caproidae. p. 641-642. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4504)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: minor commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 10.5 - 23.6, mean 15.9 °C (based on 997 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02570 (0.01899 - 0.03479), b=2.99 (2.90 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.1   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=2-4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (21 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 97.8 [49.0, 215.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.856 [0.474, 1.596] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [16.5, 18.9] %; Omega3 = 0.241 [0.128, 0.461] g/100g; Selenium = 79.8 [35.9, 189.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 24.1 [6.4, 103.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.987 [0.649, 1.481] mg/100g (wet weight);