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Zoarcidae (Eelpouts) > Lycodinae
Etymology: Santelmoa: Named after the Spanish ship San Telmo lost in the 'Terra Australis Incognita' (in Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, according to Pinochet de la Barra 1993) on 2-4 September 1819, in honour of the 644 Spanish shipwrecked.; antarctica: The specific name antarctica is after the type locality (Ref. 89950).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Polar, preferred ?
Southern Ocean: Bellingshausen Sea (Ref. 89950)
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 33.0 cm SL (female)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Can be diagnosed by the following characters: mouth subterminal; oral valve reaching the anterior edge of vomer; two posterior nasal pores, posterior one smaller; suborbital pores seven (6 + 1); lateral line double with ventral and medio-lateral branches; supraoccipital dividing the posterior end of frontals; basal pectoral plate with one foramen between scapular strut and r1; r2 and r3 notched; single row of palatine teeth; dorsal fin rays 109-112; anal fin rays 89-93; pectoral fin rays 17; vertebrae asymmetrical, 27 + 89-92 = 116-119; gill slit extending ventrally to just lower end of pectoral fin base; two pyloric caeca well developed; pseudobranch filaments 3, elongated. Scales, ventral fins and vomerine teeth present (Ref. 89950).
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Matallanas, J., C. Corbella and P.R. Møller, 2012. Description of two new species of Santelmoa (Teleostei, Zoarcidae) from the Southern Ocean. Polar Biol. 35(9):1395-1405. (Ref. 89950)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
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Harmless
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