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Common names: Texas blind catfish, Widemouth blindcat
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality: An artesian well, near San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas (Ref. 5723). Status of threat: endangered; status declined since 1989. Criteria: 1,5 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Common names from other countries

Bredmundet blindmalle, Kitasokkomonni, Luolapiikkimonni, ... more

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> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ictaluridae (North American freshwater catfishes)
Etymology: Satan: The prince of darkness. Hube liked to name cave fishes with diabolic names based on the idea of hell being underground (Ref. 45335); eurystomus: From the Greek words Satan=Devil or Satan; eury=broad, wide; stomus referring to the mouth (Ref. 79012).
More on authors: Hubbs & Bailey.

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

; agua dulce batidemersal; rango de profundidad 305 - 582 m. Deep-water; 30°N - 29°N

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North America: 5 artesian wells penetrating San Antonio Pool of Edwards Aquifer in and near San Antonio, Bexar County in Texas, USA.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.7 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5723); common length : 8.7 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 12193)

Occurs in subterranean waters. Threatened by groundwater pollution (Ref. 10172).

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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerable, ver lista roja de la UICN (VU) (D2); Date assessed: 11 April 2012

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: sin interés

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00251 - 0.01261), b=3.10 (2.90 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assuming tmax>3).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Satan eurystomus Hubbs & Bailey, 1947