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Tripterygiidae (Triplefin blennies) > Tripterygiinae
Etymology: Bellapiscis: Latin, bellum = war + Latin, piscis = fish.
More on author: Günther.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin démersal; non migrateur; profondeur 0 - 5 m (Ref. 9003). Temperate
Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9003)
Description synthétique
Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total): 18 - 21; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total): 10-14; Épines anales 2; Rayons mous anaux: 20 - 23
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Adults occur in rock pools and surge zones. They may remain out of water under rocks or seaweed (Ref. 31184). They feed on mollusks and minute crustaceans, including barnacles. This agile species eludes predators by alternately remaining motionless, then rapidly darting to a new location. Feeding occurs even in the swash zone where the fish rapidly darts with the surge and clinging to the rock as the water recedes, often being left exposed on the damp open rock (Ref. 26966). Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240). Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114). They breathe air when out of water (Ref. 31184).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Eggs are deposited over the undersurface of a rock where they are fertilized and guarded by the male (Ref. 9003).
Fricke, R., 1994. Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 12.8 - 18.7, mean 16.1 °C (based on 114 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00346 - 0.01822), b=3.08 (2.88 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).