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Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Etymology: Lucayablennius: Composed from Lucaya = the old name for the Bahamas Islands + Greek, blennios = mucus (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin récifal; profondeur 13 - 106 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Bahamas and Caribbean, including the Antilles.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 51458)
Description synthétique
Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total): 18 - 20; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 19-20; Épines anales 2; Rayons mous anaux: 22 - 23. With emarginate caudal fin. Reddish tan, with 3 large dark spots along rear of dorsal fin base, and 2 similar spots along rear of anal fin base (Ref. 26938). Black stripe from tip of lower jaw through eye to end of operculum; a median dorsal light yellow line on head (Ref. 13442).
Inhabits coral reefs (Ref. 5521). Drifts with bended tail to prey on small fish. Retreats into holes or empty worm tubes. Ignores divers (Ref. 9710). Often seen with schools of masked gobies (Ref. 26938).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Böhlke, J.E. and C.C.G. Chaplin, 1993. Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters. 2nd edition. University of Texas Press, Austin. (Ref. 5521)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 23.5 - 27.6, mean 26.5 °C (based on 71 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00457 (0.00183 - 0.01143), b=3.08 (2.86 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 173 [78, 327] mg/100g; Iron = 0.905 [0.511, 1.640] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [16.6, 19.0] %; Omega3 = 0.125 [0.063, 0.243] g/100g; Selenium = 25.9 [10.7, 60.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 366 [112, 1,263] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.2 [1.4, 3.3] mg/100g (wet weight);