Schindleria brevipinguis Watson & Walker, 2004

Stout infantfish

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Classification	Actinopterygii \| Perciformes \| Schindleriidae
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Main reference

Watson, W. and H.J. Walker, Jr. 2004. (Ref. 52019)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 0.84 cm SL (female)

Environment

Pelagic-oceanic; marine; depth range 15 - 30 m (Ref. 52019)

Climate / Range

Subtropical

Western Pacific: currently known only from the Lizard Island - Carter reef area of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia and from Osprey Reef, nearby the Coral Sea.
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Short description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 13; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11; Vertebrae: 35 - 36. Body small, stout, unpigmented. Body depth at pectoral-fin origin 9-12% of standard length and at anal-fin origin 9-14% SL. First dorsal-fin ray at myomere 18-20 and first anal-fin ray below dorsal-fin ray 4. Vertebrae 20 + 15-16 = 35-36, myomeres 19-20 + 14-16 = 34-36. Premaxillae and dentaries lack teeth. Males have a rod-like, flexible urogenital papilla lacking lobes, projections, or accessory papillae, with distal half tapering to a blunt point and usually anteriorly directed.

Males average 7.7 millimeters long and the gravid female which is 8.4 millimeters weighed 1 milligram. This pedomorphic species has a life span of only 2 months, has dispensed its fishy appendages such as teeth and scales, and has no pigment except in the eyes (Ref. 52508). Specimens were collected in oblique plankton net tows (Ref. 52019).


IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 57073)	Threat to humans
Not Evaluated	Harmless

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Estimation of some characteristics with mathematical models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)

PD₅₀ = 0.7500

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Assuming Fec < 100)


Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)	Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low vulnerability (10 of 100)	Not marketed/unknown

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