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Telmatherinidae (Sailfin silversides)
Etymology: Telmatherina: Greek, telma, -atos = swamp + Greek, atherina, the Greek name for the eperlane; 1770 (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: The name is based on a local name rather than an eponym. One reference says: “Telmatherina is known by the community as the opudi fish”. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Kottelat.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
; acqua dolce pelagico. Tropical
Asia: Indonesia.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 7050)
Differs from other Telmatherina with pointed second dorsal and anal fins by the combination of the following characters: body brown with bluish belly, pelvic and tip of anal and second dorsal; longest rays of anal and second dorsal fins less than body depth; body depth 26.1-31.5 % SL, 84100 % HL; snout about as wide as long, its width 0.93-1.04 in its length and larger than interorbital width (Ref. 7305).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 221 p. (Ref. 7050)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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