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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Dinematichthyidae (Viviparous brotula)
Etymology: Alionematichthys: Name from Latin alius meaning the other or different, and nematichthys, the stem of the genus name Dinematichthys, to which this genus is most similar..
More on authors: Sedor & Cohen.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 9 m (Ref. 34024). Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic: Bay Islands, Honduras. Record from Taiwan needs further confirmation (Ref. 43544).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 43544); 5.2 cm SL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 71-79; Anal soft rays: 55 - 61; Vertebrae: 39 - 40. This species is distinguished by the following characters: ; D 71-79; A 55-61; small eyes (1.5-2.3%SL); rounded snout, no cirri; cheeks with scales; with upper preopercular pore; outer pseudoclasper broad-based, simple flap-shaped, about twice as large as the inner one which is very short and its margin almost straight from short anterior pointed lobe to posterior lobe; very wide isthmus between pseudoclaspers; otolith length to height 2.2-2.3, with regular dorsal rim; otolith length to sulcus length 1.6, ostium length to cauda length about 3.5-4.0; vertebrae 10-11 + 29-30 = 39-40 (Ref. 81230).

Uncommon species (Ref. 34024).

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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. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 27.3 - 28.4, mean 27.9 °C (based on 180 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5005 [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): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming Fec < 100).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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