Eremodon Cochleari
📖 Overview
Eremodon Cochleari (Eremodon cochleari) is a ray-finned fish. It inhabits freshwater waters. This species can reach a maximum total length of 2.3 cm. With a trophic level of 3, it is a low-level carnivore, feeding on invertebrates and small organisms.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
This small species, with a compressed body, is distinguished from all other recent Pantanodontidae by the following characters: low anal fin ray count, 13; pelvic fins of males are uniquely modified with the second fin ray ending in a T-split, in some specimens, extremely deformed and merged into a spoon-like claw; dorsal and anal fins pointed in male (no female specimens), slightly elongated but not as extended reaching beyond hypurals; slightly diagonal dorsal area; mouth superior, wide and flattened like typical surface dwellers; eye below the vertebral column (i.e. lateral line); pelvic fin inserted between pleural ribs 4 and 5; pelvic fins reaching the origin of the anal fin; hypurals closed and rounded i.e. a fan, parhypural ankylosed at base; epural free; (number of neural and haemal spines) N/H 2-5 (of which N/H 2-4 have a truncated end, N/H 5 is pointed) .Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Eremodon Cochleari is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic. Tropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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