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Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Neobythitinae
Etymology: Neobythites: Greek, neos = new + Greek, bythitis, -idos = it is at the bottom, sunken (Ref. 45335); japonicus: Name 'japonicus' from the type locality of the species, Japan.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica ? - 100 m (Ref. 137826). Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: Japan.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.7 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 137826)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 91; Raggi anali molli: 75; Vertebre: 52. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: hind margin of preopercle with two spines; D 91; A 75; P 26; precaudal vertebrae 13; total vertebrae 52; pseudobranchial filaments 6; long rakers on anterior gill arch 11; head length 23% Sl; pelvic-fin length 16% Sl, fins not reaching anus; orbit length 4.1% Sl and 18% hl; longest gill filament 1.6% Sl and 7.1% hl; dorsal fin with two ocelli, one smaller ocellus placed close to fin origin, spot distance 29% Sl and spot covers 6 dorsal-fin rays, and a larger central ocellus placed behind line through anus, spot distance 46% Sl and spot covers 9 dorsal-fin rays; both ocellus spots not extending ventrally onto body; preserved specimens with two dark-brown ocellus spots; absence of vertical bars on body; otolith length 5.3% Sl, sulcus length 4.2% Sl, and ostium height 15% sulcus length and 23% ostium length (Ref. 137826).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Uiblein, F, and J.G. Nielsen, 2023. Five new ocellus-bearing species of the cusk-eel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) from the West Pacific, with establishment of three new species groups. Zootaxa 5336(2):179-205. (Ref. 137826)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00165 - 0.00876), b=3.14 (2.93 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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