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Tripterygiidae (Triplefin blennies) > Tripterygiinae
Etymology: malcolmi: The genus is named after J.R. Forster, naturalist on Cook's second voyage to New Zealand. malcolmi named after Malcolm Francis, collector of the holotype of this species.
Eponymy: Dr Malcolm Philip Francis (d: 1954) is a New Zealand fisheries scientist and marine ecologist who has spent over thirty-nine years studying the population biology of coastal and pelagic fishes. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
समुद्री ड़िमरसल; गहराई सीमा 2 - 35 m (Ref. 13227), usually 10 - 25 m (Ref. 9003). Temperate
Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand.
आकार / वज़न / Age
परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.2 cm SL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 13227)
Short description
पहचान कुंजी | आकृति विज्ञान | मौरफोमैटरिक्स
पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 27 - 32; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 12 - 16; गुदा कांटा: 2; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 26 - 30; जानवरों की रीड़ का जोड़: 43 - 47. Body elongated, laterally compressed posteriorly; mouth strongly angled upward; notched scales absent; short, distally complex gill rakers, body yellow with a broad, black stripe
extending along upper side of body. Dorsal fin formula V-0N-0-1-0-1. Six procurrent rays in upper lobe, 10 in lower lobe; in upper caudal lobe, one procurrent ray between upper lobe and posterior epural, 4 rays opposite epurals, 1 anterior first epural; in lower lobe, 1 procurrent ray between lower lobe and haemal spine of second preural vertebra, 4 opposite haemal spine of second preural vertebra, 5 anterior to haemal spine of second preural vertebra (Ref. 84085). Head and gill cover olive brown with pale stripes, body with 6 broad reddish vertical bands with irregular white bands between. Anterior bands extending to the dorsal fin (Ref. 9003).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Adults are abundant on rocky reefs from 10 to 25m, recorded from 2 to 33m (Ref. 84085). They occur in low tide pools and subtidal areas and prefer overhangs and holes containing sponges and bryozoans (Ref. 9003). Juveniles are found in shallow waters, while adults are more abundant in deeper waters. They feed mainly on crustaceans and small gastropods (Ref. 13227). 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).
Fricke, R., 1994. Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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इंटरनेट स्रोत
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (संदर्भ
123201): 15.5 - 18.1, mean 16.6 °C (based on 10 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (संदर्भ
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00336 - 0.01242), b=3.09 (2.91 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (संदर्भ
69278): 3.4 ±0.54 se; based on food items.
लौटाव (संदर्भ
120179): ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 112 [68, 258] mg/100g; Iron = 0.621 [0.373, 1.104] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [17.5, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.686 [0.368, 1.327] g/100g; Selenium = 9.97 [4.73, 21.02] μg/100g; VitaminA = 15.9 [4.3, 57.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.911 [0.619, 1.332] mg/100g (wet weight);
