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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Perciformes/Zoarcoidei (Eelpouts and pricklebacks) >
Zoarcidae (Eelpouts) > Lycodinae
Etymology: Santelmoa: Named after the Spanish ship San Telmo lost in the 'Terra Australis Incognita' (in Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, according to Pinochet de la Barra 1993) on 2-4 September 1819, in honour of the 644 Spanish shipwrecked; fusca: The specific name, fusca, is after the Latin word fuscus (dark) and refers to the body colour of type specimens (Ref. 89950).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Polar
Southern Ocean: Gerlache Strait and Bransfield Strait (Ref. 89950).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 89950); 33.0 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 109 - 113; Anal spines: 88 - 94. Can be diagnosed by the following characters: mouth terminal; oral valve overlapping the anterior edge of vomer; two posterior nasal pores of similar size; lateral line double with ventral and medio-lateral branches; two irregular rows of palatine teeth; vomerine teeth present; dorsal fin rays 109-113; anal fin rays 88-94; pectoral fin rays 15-17; vertebrae asymmetrical, 27-29 + 87-91 = 114-118; two pyloric caeca well developed; pseudobranch filaments 3-6, elongated. Scales reduced to tail, absent on head and body (Ref. 89950).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Matallanas, J., C. Corbella and P.R. Møller, 2012. Description of two new species of Santelmoa (Teleostei, Zoarcidae) from the Southern Ocean. Polar Biol. 35(9):1395-1405. (Ref. 89950)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00120 (0.00058 - 0.00248), b=3.10 (2.91 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
