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Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Microbrotula: Greek, mikros = small + Latin, brotula, -ae = little, bud, shoot (Ref. 45335); geraldalleni: Named for Gerald Allen, Perth, for his outstanding contribution to the knowledge of fishes from the Indo West-Pacific and his many years of support of the senior author..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
marin benthopélagique. Tropical
Western Pacific: apparently endemic to Cenderawasih Bay, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.1 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 95276)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 68 - 73; Rayons mous anaux: 61 - 65; Vertèbres: 48 - 50. This species is distinguished by the following characters: vertebrae 11 + 37-39 = 48-50; D 68-73; A 61-65; pectoral-fin rays 14; caudal-fin rays 6; D/V 9-11; D/A 13-15; V/A 14-16; head with continuous squamation across cheek, opercle and occiput except for triangular window above opercle; anterior half of head with abundant papillae; forward-curved spine at lower angle of preopercle, hidden by skin; 3 posterior mandibular pores, 2-3 lower preopercular pores; absence of palatine teeth; moderately elongate otolith, length to height 2.0-2.1 and otolith length to colliculum length 2.6-3.0 (Ref. 95276).
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Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves
Schwarzhans, W. and J.G. Nielsen, 2012. A new species of the genus Microbrotula (Teleostei: Bythitidae) from Cenderawasih Bay, New Guinea, Indonesia. Zootaxa 3583:71-76. (Ref. 95276)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00457 (0.00179 - 0.01169), b=3.10 (2.87 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).