| Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas) |
| 3.7 cm SL (male/unsexed); 4 cm SL (female) |
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demersal; marine |
| Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar, and probably Mauritius. |
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 71-75; Anal soft rays: 56-62; Vertebrae: 43-44. This species possess the following set of characters: anterior nostril low on snout, 1/4 the distance from upper lip to aggregate distance to anterior margin of eye; copulatory organ of male with 2 pairs of small pseudoclaspers, outer pseudoclasper simple, flap-like, and not much larger than simple flap-like inner pseudoclasper; small, size not much exceeding 4.0 cm SL; 12 precaudal vertebrae, 43-44 total vertebrae; D 71-79; V in D 1.9-2.1; scale patch on cheek only, none on operculum; presence of upper preopercular pore; otolith moderately elongate, its length to height 2.1-2.2, sulcus short with otolith length to sulcus length 1.9 and slightly inclined (5°), colliculi fused, sometimes incomplete with indication of distinction of ostial and caudal colliculi; maxilla expanded posteroventrally (Ref. 76869). |
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Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 16 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
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