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Leiognathidae (Slimys, slipmouths, or ponyfishes) > Gazzinae
Etymology: glenysae: Named for Ms. Glenys Jones, who worked on the revision of Australian leiognathid fishes..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Tropical; 12°S - 18°S, 121°E - 142°E
Western Pacific: Northern Australia and eastern Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 74926)
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16 - 17; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 14. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: breast is completely scaled; cheek scaled; distinct, complicated sensory canals on the suborbital area, extending to the nape; anteroventral profile of the lower jaw is almost straight (Ref. 74926).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Kimura, S., R. Kimura and K. Ikejima, 2008. Revision of the genus Nuchequula with descriptions of three new species (Perciformes: Leiognathidae). Ichthyol. Res. 55:22-42. (Ref. 74926)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 26.7 - 28.7, mean 27.8 °C (based on 98 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01862 (0.00823 - 0.04215), b=2.97 (2.78 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.9 ±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).