| Family: |
Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas) |
| Max. size: |
7.5 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 6 - 54 m |
| Distribution: |
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Samoa and the Austral Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Rowley Shoals. Recorded from the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Thailand (Ref. 34024). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 78-84; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 58-62. When alive, body coloration is brown with translucent orange fins and is covered in a thick granular mucus (Ref. 1602).
Description: Characterized by caudal rays 10-12; without scales on head; cycloid and embedded body scales, about 100-106 in longitudinal series; greatest depth of body 19.7-20.7% SL; relatively large eye 5.3-5.7 % SL; maxillary extending beyond level of rear edge of eye (Ref. 90102). |
| Biology: |
Lives in the interstices of lagoon or seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Benthic (Ref. 75154). Body covered with heavy coating of mucus (Ref. 1602). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 16 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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