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Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Brosmophyciops: Greek, brosomai, bibrosko = to eat up, to devour + Greek, phykis = a fish that lives among alga (Greek, phyke) + Greek, ops =appearance (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Clarence F Pautzke (1907–1971) was the chief biologist, Game Department, State of Washington. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Schultz.
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
marien rifbewoner; diepte 6 - 54 m (Ref. 1602). Tropical; 30°N - 27°S
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Samoa and the Austral Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Rowley Shoals. Recorded from the Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Thailand (Ref. 34024).
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 90102)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 0; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 78 - 84; Anale stekels: 0; Anale zachte stralen: 58 - 62. When alive, body coloration is brown with translucent orange fins and is covered in a thick granular mucus (Ref. 1602).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Lives in the interstices of lagoon or seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Benthic (Ref. 75154). Body covered with heavy coating of mucus (Ref. 1602).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: van geen belang
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Gewenste temperatuur (Ref.
123201): 25.3 - 28.9, mean 27.7 °C (based on 556 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00479 (0.00192 - 0.01191), b=3.03 (2.81 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): laag, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 4,5-14 jaar (Assuming Fec < 100).
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Voedingsstoffen (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 174 [93, 333] mg/100g; Iron = 1.02 [0.58, 1.78] mg/100g; Protein = 16.7 [14.2, 19.2] %; Omega3 = 0.126 [0.068, 0.228] g/100g; Selenium = 32.8 [15.8, 77.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 109 [31, 375] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.51 [1.66, 3.61] mg/100g (wet weight);