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🌊 Marine Least Concern 🌡️ Tropical

Stellate codlet

Bregmaceros houdei Saksena & Richards, 1986
Max Length
1.6 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3
Depth
-
Climate
Tropical
Resilience
-
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
pelagic

📖 Overview

Overview information for Stellate codlet is currently being compiled by our editorial team.

Scientific Name
Bregmaceros houdei
Authority
Saksena & Richards, 1986
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Tropical
Body Shape
Elongated
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
1.6 cm
Trophic Level
3
Vulnerability
10.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 40 - 44; Anal soft rays: 41 - 46; Vertebrae: 47 - 50. Body color limited to dark melanophores located on anterior half of body. Dorsal and anal fins are relatively short and symmetrical. Snout moderately acute. Terminal mouth with jaws slightly oblique and extends beyond anterior margin of pupil. Head length 21.3-25.5%; predorsal length 25.6-45.2%; body depth 13-16% of SL. Eye diameter 0.7-0.9 times the snout length and 0.9-1.3 times interorbital width. Head length 3.5-5.3 times interorbital width. Caudal fin has31-33 rays. Myomeres 44-47. Smallest larvae (1.7 - 3.5 mm SL) have large, stellate chromatophores at angle of jaw, scattered over hindbrain and at the base of 1st dorsal fin. Large larvae (5-10 mm SL) have additional chromatophores on midbrain, hindbrain, and on ventral surface of anterior half of visceral mass. Juvenile specimens have chromatophores scattered over anterior third of the body .: elongated; Cross section: compressed.

🌀 Behaviour

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🦐 Diet

Diet information for Stellate codlet is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Stellate codlet is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; pelagic-neritic. Tropical west of the Lesser Antilles.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine 🐟 Pelagic
Trophic Level
3±0.3

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00372 × L3.18 (TL)
Max TL
1.6cm
Dorsal Rays
42
Anal Rays
44
Vertebrae
49

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

Salinity Range
30–40ppt

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2013

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Fishing Vulnerability
10.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3
Predator
Body Shape
Elongated
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Saksena & Richards, 1986

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