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Etymology: Spottobrotula: Composed from "spotted cuskeel" + Latin, brotula, -ae = little, bud, shoot (Ref. 45335); mossambica: Named for the area, the Mozambique Channel, where the holotype was caught.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino benthopelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 22 - 82 m (Ref. 98314). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Oman to Mozambique Channel.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.7 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 98314)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 98 - 104; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 72 - 76; Vertebre: 53 - 55. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: a broad, black band from the eye to behind the pectoral fin and several light spots dorsally on the head and body as large as the eye; pelvic fins inserted below end of upper jaw; prepelvic length 10.5–13.0% SL; scale rows between origin of dorsal fin and lateral line 14-15; anterior gill arch with 9-11 long rakers; pseudobranchial filaments 30-42; pectoral-fin rays 23–26; anterior dorsal fin ray in front of or above vertebra 1 except for one above vertebra 3; dorsal fin with 3 ocelli; a black band on anal fin leaving a thin unpigmented margin (Ref. 98314).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and F. Uiblein, 2015. Review of the Indo-West Pacific ophidiid genera Sirembo and Spottobrotula (Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae), with description of three new species. Mar. Biol. Res. 11(2):1-21. (Ref. 98314)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100).

Spottobrotula mossambica Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Uiblein, 2014