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Etymology: fulmen: Name from Latin 'fulmen' meaning 'lightning', referring to the bright yellow zigzag pattern on the upper part of the body.
Eponymy: Dr David Eggleston was Fisheries Research Officer at the Fisheries Research Station, Hong Kong. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 250 m (Ref. 123502). Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: Japan (Ryukyu Is.).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123502)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 109; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: A I, 9; pectoral-fin rays 17, with lower rays connected by membrane; longitudinal series scales 25; transverse scales 8; pre-dorsal-fin scale rows 8; cheek and opercle are naked; no pelvic frenum; caudal fin lanceolate, its length 32.2% of SL; interorbital width is very narrow, 1.2% of HL (much narrower than pupil diameter); no spicules or odontoid processes on the outer surface of gill arches. Colouration: body whitish, upper half with broken zigzag pattern of bright yellow patches and associated scattered black melanophores in fresh specimens (melanophores retained in preserved specimens) (Ref. 123502).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Fujiwara, K., T. Suzuki and H. Motomura, 2020. A new species of Egglestonichthys (Teleostei, Gobiiformes, Gobiidae) from Okinawa Island, Japan. ZooKeys (1006):91-98. (Ref. 123502)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
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=0.00724 (0.00339 - 0.01546), b=3.10 (2.92 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.3 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).
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