Monothrix polylepis, Littoral cusk

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Monothrix polylepis Ogilby, 1897

Littoral cusk
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> Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Dinematichthyidae (Viviparous brotula)
Etymology: Monothrix: Greek, monos = one + Greek, thrix = hair (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Ogilby.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife. Temperate

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Southwest Pacific: eastern Australia. Record from Japan (Machida, 1992) is erroneous (Ref. 34024).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 76869); 5.3 cm SL (female)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total): 93-104; Radios blandos anales: 64 - 76; Vértebra: 45 - 47. This species possess the following set of characters: anterior nostril low on snout; copulatory organ of male with a simple and small flap-like pair of (outer) pseudoclaspers; small, size < 5.5 cm SL, short predorsal length 26.5-30.7 % SL; 13-14 precaudal vertebrae, 45-47 total vertebrae; D 93-104, A 64-76, branchiostegal rays 6-7, V in D 2.4-2.6; scale patch only on cheek, scaleless operculum; presence of upper preopercular pore; joined opening for the first and second lower preopercular pore; otolith elongate, its length to height 2.3-2.4, its sulcus with nearly straight dorsal and convex ventral rim, short with otolith length to sulcus length 2.0, colliculi is fused; maxilla expanded posteroventrally; short anterior anal fin pterygiophore (Ref. 76869).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Common species found on shallow reefs (Ref. 34024). Benthic species which occurs in inshore waters (Ref. 75154).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Schwarzhans, W. and P.R. Møller, 2007. Review of the Dinematichthyini (Teleostei: Bythitidae) of the Indo-west Pacific. Part III. Beaglichthys, Brosmolus, Monothrix and eight new genera with description of 20 new species. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 23:29-110. (Ref. 76869)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).