Classification / Names
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Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) >
Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Parasaccogaster: Name refers to the similarity to Saccogaster..
More on author: Cohen.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ekologi
marina revassocierade; djupintervall ? - 8 m (Ref. 34024). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: near Santa Marta, Colombia.
Size / Vikt / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.6 cm SL (female)
Short description
Morfologi | Morfometri
Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt): 74; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 37; Ryggkotor: 45. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: sooty black nasal chambers; few anal fin rays (37 vs. 49-54), few vertebrae (45 vs. 54-58), a wider head (12.0 % SL vs. 7.7-9.8 % SL); a pair of sub-dermal spines fused to form a broad ridge on frontal just behind eyes, a small, median, sub-dermal, ethmoidal spine just in front of eyes and an antero-ventrally directed spine at lower angle of preopercle (all spines covered by skin); anterior gill arch with 3 developed rakers, only slightly larger than the spiny knobs, gill filaments 7-8 times length of developed rakers; slightly prolonged pectoral peduncle; palatines with several tooth rows; vertebrae, precaudal 16 and total 45; fin rays, D 74, A 37, caudal 10 and pectoral 18 (Ref. 93007).
Rare species, known from a single specimen (Ref. 34024), apparently living on a shallow reef (Ref. 93007).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver
Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen, 2012. Revisions of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579:1-36. (Ref. 93007)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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