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Notacanthus laccadiviensis Konhamkakkada, Kinattumkara, Raghavan & Sivanpillai, 2023

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Notacanthiformes (Halosaurs and deep-sea spiny eels) > Notacanthidae (Deep-sea spiny eels)
Etymology: Notacanthus: Greek, noton = back + Greek, akantha = thorn (Ref. 45335);  laccadiviensis: Named for Laccadives (=Lakshadweep), an archipelago of islands in the Laccadive Sea (Central Indian Ocean), off the coast of southwestern India..

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Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 350 m (Ref. 130909). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: India.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 130909)

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This species is distinguished from all its congeners (except N. indicus) by the following characters: fewer anal-fin rays 92-94 (vs. 105-136), and except N. abotti and N. chemnitzi in the greater number of dorsal-fin spines 12 (vs. 5-11); differs from N. abotti, N. chemnitzii, N. indicus in having fewer pectoral-fin rays 10-11 (vs. 12-16); differs from N. abotti in the number of spines and rays on the ventral fin III-IV, 5-7 (vs. VI, 6) and number of gill rakers on the first-gill arch 3 + 7 (vs. 4 + 11); differs from N. chemnitzi in the number of spines and rays on the anal fin XX, 110 (vs. XIII-XVI, 92–94) and number of gill rakers on the first-gill arch (vs. 3 + 11-12); and from N. indicus, the only congeneric species currently known from the Indian Ocean region in the morphology of dorsal fin with spines increasing in length (vs. first 10 spines increasing in length, followed by a shorter 11th spine) (Ref. 130909).

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Konhamkakkada, I., B. Kinattumkara, R, Raghavan and S. Sivanpillai, 2023. A new species of spiny eel of the genus Notacanthus Bloch 1788 (Notacanthiformes: Notacanthidae) from the Indian Ocean. J. Fish Biol. 103(1):113-117. (Ref. 130909)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).