🌊 Marine
Least Concern
🌡️ Deep-water
Facciolella Saurencheloides
Facciolella saurencheloides Ancona, 1928
📖 Overview
Floating or actively swimming larvae seem to live in the upper pelagic region. In the Red Sea, metamorphosing or post metamorphosed stages seem to descend vertically down to the deep-sea bottom.
Scientific Name
Facciolella saurencheloides
Authority
Ancona, 1928
Habitat
Marine
Climate
Deep-water
IUCN Status
LC
Depth Range
700–2000 m
Trophic Level
3.4
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
48.00/100
Salinity
30–40 ppt
🔬 Taxonomy
Class
Teleostei
Teleostei
Order
Anguilliformes
Anguilliformes
Family
Nettastomatidae
Nettastomatidae
Genus
Facciolella
Facciolella
Species
Facciolella Saurencheloides
Facciolella saurencheloides
🐟 Physical Description
: eel-like.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Facciolella Saurencheloides is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus
🥚 Reproduction
🐣 Oviparous
📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Pelagic
Fertilization
External
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 700 - 2000 m . Deep-water Indian Ocean: Yemen, Red Sea.
🌿 Ecology
Zone Preferences
🌊 Marine
🌑 Deep Water
Trophic Level
3.4±0.4
📐 Morphometrics
Length–Weight Relationship:
W = 0.00089 × L2.98
(TL)
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
Salinity Range
30–40ppt
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2019
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
Population Resilience
Medium
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
48.00/100
Moderate-High vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.4
Predator
Climate Zone
Deep-water
Described By
Ancona, 1928
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