Acarobythites larsonae, Larson's cusk

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Acarobythites larsonae Machida, 2000

Larson's cusk
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Acarobythites: Greek, akari = mite + Greek, bythitis, -idos = it is at the bottom, sunken (Ref. 45335);  larsonae: Named for Helen K. Larson (NTM)..

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 3 m (Ref. 40785). Tropical

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Western Central Pacific: known only from Northern Territory, Australia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40785)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 73-79; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 53 - 57; Vertebrae: 42 - 43. Head without scales; anal fin origin at about mid-body; eye diameter 17.8-18.0 times in HL, snout compressed; posterior end of maxillary rounded, not sheathed by dermal cheek fold, without ventrally-directed process near postero-ventral corner; opercular spine flat and weak; no pore-bearing skin flap on upper angle of opercle; lower angle of preopercle smooth; pectoral peduncle normal, broader than long; no spine on cleithrum; all teeth sharp-pointed, some needle-like; developed gill rakers on anterior arch 3.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Collected from pools on rocky reefs.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Viviparous (Ref. 34024).

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Machida, Y., 2000. A new bythitid genus and species, Acarobythites larsonae, from shallow rocky reefs off northern Australia (Pisces, Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae). Beagle, Rec. Mus. Art Galler. North. Territ. 16:123-126. (Ref. 40785)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 15 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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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=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±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).