| Family: |
Dinematichthyidae (Viviparous brotula) |
| Max. size: |
4.5 cm SL (male/unsexed); 4.4 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 2 - 10 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Pacific: (Vogelkop Peninsula, Irian Jaya, New Guinea (Indonesia). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 69-76; Anal soft rays: 52-59; Vertebrae: 41-43. This species is characterized by the following: vertebrae 11+30-32=41-43, dorsal fin rays 69-76, anal fin rays 52-59; large eyes (3.0-3.6% SL); outer pseudoclasper large, broad, ear-lobe shaped, opening ventrally; inner pseudoclasper a fleshy appendix at anterior-inner rim of outer pseudoclasper, without supporter; no scales on operculum; head is compressed, blunt; otoliths elongate, ratio otolith length: height 2.3, anterior and posterior tips of otolith almost equally pointed; color dark grey to black when preserved (Ref. 57884).
Description: Characterized by depth of body at anal fin origin 20.0-22.8 (mean=21.0) % SL (Ref. 90102). |
| Biology: |
Solitary inhabitant of coral reef crevices between about 2-10 m depth, cryptic (Ref 90102). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 15 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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