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Blenniiformes (Blennies) >
Chaenopsidae (Pike-, tube- and flagblennies)
Etymology: Mccoskerichthys: Because of John McCosker, ichthyologist and film diver + Greek, ichthys = fish.
Eponymy: Dr John Edward McCosker (d: 1945) is an ichthyologist and evolutionary biologist who is Senior Scientist and first Professor of Aquatic Research at California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. [...] Sandra McCosker is an anthropologist and was the wife of ichthyologist John Edward McCosker (q.v.). She participated in the first collection of this species. (It might have been expected that the binomial would be sandrae, but the r is omitted) (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Rosenblatt & Stephens.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin démersal; profondeur 1 - 30 m (Ref. 11482). Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: Costa Rica and Panama.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 11482)
Inhabits mollusk and worm tubes on near-vertical rock faces. Feeds on zooplankton, including copepods, amphipods, and ostracods.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Allen, G.R. and D.R. Robertson, 1994. Fishes of the tropical eastern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 332 p. (Ref. 11482)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 27.8 - 29.1, mean 28.5 °C (based on 96 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.3 ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 394 [235, 811] mg/100g; Iron = 1.45 [0.87, 2.46] mg/100g; Protein = 17.4 [16.5, 18.3] %; Omega3 = 0.17 [0.09, 0.32] g/100g; Selenium = 36.5 [16.8, 79.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 47.6 [15.8, 142.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.16 [1.50, 3.05] mg/100g (wet weight);