Dinematichthys iluocoeteoides, Yellow pigmy brotula

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Dinematichthys iluocoeteoides Bleeker, 1855

Yellow pigmy brotula
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Dinematichthyidae (Viviparous brotula)
Etymology: Dinematichthys: Greek, di = two + Greek, nema = filament + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bleeker.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 30 m (Ref. 1602). Tropical; 30°N - 28°S

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Eastern Indian Ocean: although reported to occur widely in the Indo-Pacific, specimens have only been collected at the Batu Islands, off Sumatra, Indonesia. Western Indian Ocean: Gravid females have been collected from Seychelles Islands (Ref. 45699).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 4.8, range 5 - 5 cm
Max length : 12.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1602)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 75-88; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 59 - 69; Vertebrae: 41 - 45.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Rare species (Ref. 34024) notable for its strict association with true reef environments and particularly so with outer reefs and reef cores (Ref. 81230). An indweller of deep interstices of lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 30 m (Ref. 1602). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 240). Solitary inhabitant of shallow water, cryptic (Ref 90102).

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Ovoviviparous. Sexes can be readily distinguished by the male's intromittent organ and the female's genital pore (Ref. 240, 205). On the basis of this morphology, copulation may involve flexion of the male's body and pumping of sperm into the female (Ref. 240). Embryos are retained in the ovaries until about 6 mm long, deriving nourishment from large yolk sacs, making the species ovoviviparous rather than viviparous (Ref. 240).

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Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25.5 - 29.3, mean 28.4 °C (based on 3018 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [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).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.6   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 138 [75, 245] mg/100g; Iron = 0.922 [0.534, 1.561] mg/100g; Protein = 16.9 [14.3, 19.3] %; Omega3 = 0.11 [0.06, 0.19] g/100g; Selenium = 32.5 [16.6, 73.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 88.1 [26.6, 286.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.24 [1.53, 3.13] mg/100g (wet weight);