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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Perciformes/Zoarcoidei (Eelpouts and pricklebacks) >
Zoarcidae (Eelpouts) > Lycodinae
Etymology: Santelmoa: Named after the Spanish ship San Telmo lost in the 'Terra Australis Incognita' (in Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, according to Pinochet de la Barra 1993) on 2-4 September 1819, in honour of the 644 Spanish shipwrecked.
Eponymy: Elvira Matallanas is the wife of the author Jesus Matallanus. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 1056 - 1837 m (Ref. 87519). Polar; 64°S - 69°S, 61°W - 87°W
Antarctic : Antarcic Peninsula and Bellingshausen Sea (Ref. 87519).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 87519); 30.5 cm (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
A species of Santelmoa as defined by Matallanas (2010a) with the following combination of characters: mouth inferior; vertical folds on posterior end of the upper lip and on the lower lip lobe; oral valve nearly reaching the anterior edge of vomer; two posterior nasal pores; lateral line double with ventral and medio-lateral branches; palatine teeth in single row; dorsal fin rays 108–111; anal fin rays 93–94; pectoral fin rays 18–19; vertebrae asymmetrical, 26–27 + 90–93 ¼ 116–119; gill slit extending ventrally to just lower end of pectoral fin base; two pyloric caeca barely produced; pseudobranch filaments 3–5, elongated. Scales, ventral fins and vomerine teeth present (Ref. 87519).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Matallanas, J., 2011. Description of Santelmoa elvirae sp. nov. (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) from the Southern Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, doi:10.1017/S002531541000216X (Ref. 87519)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00120 (0.00058 - 0.00248), b=3.10 (2.91 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
