Ophidion saldanhai

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Ophidion saldanhai Matallanas & Brito, 1999

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Ophidiinae
Etymology: Ophidion: Diminutive of Greek, ophis = serpent (Ref. 45335);  saldanhai: Named in honor of the Portuguese ichthyologist Luis Saldanha (Ref. 34017).

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 31 - 37 m (Ref. 34017). Tropical

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Eastern Central Atlantic: known only from Cape Verde and the Gulf of Guinea.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 34017)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 117; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 105 - 106. Color of fresh holotype: Pale pink, with a silver to golden stripe all along middle body, and a more silvery area a the preopercular region, behind and under the eye. The dorsal portion of the head (snout and nape) and of the body was slightly darker. Belly pigmentation whitish. The margins of the dorsal and anal fins were edged in white; blackish subterminal stripe, darker at the rear of the fins. Black pupil and iris reddish to silvery, with a black blotch at the dorsal portion (Ref. 34017).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Reproductive strategy possibly similar to other members of this family featuring oviparity, with oval pelagic eggs floating in a gelatinous mass (Ref. 205).

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Matallanas, J. and A. Brito, 1999. Description of Ophidion saldanhai sp. nov. from the Cabo Verde Islands. J. Fish Biol. 55(5):931-936. (Ref. 34017)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 12 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 16.6 - 27, mean 19.5 °C (based on 25 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).