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Artedidraconidae (Barbled plunderfishes)
Etymology: Artedidraco: Petrus (Peter) Artedi, (10 Mar.) 1705-35 (28 Sep.), a son of a clergyman from Anundsjö named Olaus Arctaedius, in the northern part of Sweden.In 1729 he changed his name from Arctaedius to Arctædi, a name still later simplified to Artedi (Ref. 45335); longibarbatus: Name from Latin, 'longus' for long and 'barba' for beard, referring to the extremely long mental barbel of this species.
among the longest of any artedidraconid.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Temperate
Antarctica: Weddell Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26; Anal soft rays: 16 - 17; Vertebrae: 37. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: with a very long, slender mental barbel (about 25-26 % SL, measurements from holotype and photograph of lost aboard ship specimen) vs. about 4-14 % SL (A. glareobarbatus has the second longest barbel, ranging from about 11-14 % SL and with an inconspicuous terminal expansion (14.7 % of
barbel length in holotype) composed of short, blunt processes; anal fin rays 16-17; second dorsal fin rays 26; vertebrae 37; tubular upper lateral-line scales 7-8 (Ref. 117898).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Eakin, R.R., E. Riginella and M. La Mesa, 2015. A new species of Artedidraco (Pisces: Artedidraconidae) from the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Polar. Biol. 38:1597-1603. (Ref. 117898)
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 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00240 - 0.01046), b=3.13 (2.94 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).