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Etymology: Ebosia: Ebosia, Ebusus = an island in the Tarraconense province of Roman empire (Spain).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 95 - 126 m (Ref. 97684). Tropical
Distribution
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Western Indian Ocean: Saya de Malha Bank.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 97684); 8.7 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: A 8; pectoral-fin rays 17-18 (modally 17); scale rows above lateral line 5, between last dorsal-fin spine base and lateral line 4-5 (5) and between sixth dorsal-fin spine base and lateral line 4-6 (5); scales on preopercular region 11-22 (mean 15.4); postorbital length 18.1-19.2 (18.7) % SL; males with elongated parietal spine, relatively narrow, strongly falcate posterodorsally, its tip reaching third to seventh dorsal-fin spine bases. Colouration: a blotch above pectoral-fin base and blotches on pectoral-fin membrane are relatively small; males with yellowish median fins and yellow pectoral fin (Ref. 97684).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Matsunuma, M. and H. Motomura, 2015. A new species of scorpionfish, Ebosia saya (Scorpaenidae: Pteroinae), from the western Indian Ocean and notes on fresh coloration of Ebosia falcata . Ichthyol. Res. 62(3):293-312. (Ref. 97684)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00444 - 0.02358), b=3.01 (2.82 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).