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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes) >
Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Diademichthyinae
Etymology: Lepadichthys: Greek, lepas, -ados = limpet + Greek, ichtys = fish (Ref. 45335); bilineatus: Name from Latin 'bilineatus'; referring to the two parallel bluish white lines that extend posteriorly across the head..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 5 m (Ref. 103877). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Oman.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 103877)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Anal soft rays: 13. This species is distinguished by the following characters: origins of dorsal and anal fins are posterior on body and lacking a membrane connecting them to caudal fin; D 16; A 13; pectoral-fin rays 23; principal caudal-fin rays 10, total caudal-fin rays 18; gill rakers 10; head large, its length 3.1 in SL; body depth 8.0 in SL; disc single, its length 6.6 in SL and disc width 6.5 in SL. Colouration: when fresh the body grayish blue, grading ventrally and posteriorly to brownish orange, and to brownish red on about posterior fourth of body; two bluish white lines extending posteriorly, angling slightly ventrally from eye, one dorsally and one ventrally from eye; the pupil encircled by a distinct red ring, with a pale blue dash below; outer two-thirds of pectoral fins translucent yellowish, basal third of fin orangish brown, grading to red ventrally on chest; the disc yellow; dorsal and anal fins reddish yellow with a narrow pale blue-green margin and a maroon submarginal band (Ref. 103877).
Collected from a tide pool (Ref. 103877).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Craig, M.T., S.V. Bogorodsky, J.E. Randall and A.O. Mal, 2015. Lepadichthys bilineatus, a new species of clingfish from Oman, (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae), with a redescription of Lepadichthys erythraeus Briggs and Link from the Red Sea. Zootaxa 3990(1):113-122. (Ref. 103877)
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=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.2 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).
