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Hoplichthyidae (Ghost flatheads)
Etymology: Hoplichthys: Greek, hoplon = weapon + Greek,ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); imamurai: The new species is named for Dr. Hisashi Imamura, associate professor of Hokkaido University (HUMZ), in honor of his great contribution to the systematics of the Platycephaloidea, including the Hoplichthyidae.
Eponymy: Dr Hisashi Imamura is a Japanese ichthyologist who has, for some years (since 2009), been Associate Professor of the Fisheries Science faculty at the Hokkaido University Museum, Hakodate, which institution awarded his PhD. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica ? - 302 m (Ref. 93721). Deep-water; 18°S - 20°S
Eastern Indian Ocean: Off Port Hedland and Point Cloates, Western Australia.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.4 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 93721)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 6; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 15; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 17. A species of Hoplichthys with the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays VI-15; anal fin rays 17; pectoral-fin rays 13 + 3 = 16; short preoptic snout (31.2–32.7% HL); large eyes (23.8–24.7% HL); narrow interorbital width (2.6–4.1% HL); vomer without teeth; long, thin gill rakers; developed spines on ventral surface of lower jaw; single developed spine on each lateral scute; short free pectoral-fin rays (13.4–14.9% SL). In males, low first dorsal fin, its adpressed tips not reaching origin of second dorsal fin; some elongated second dorsal-fin rays filament-like; emarginate caudal fin, its upper edge elongated, filament-like.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: flattened.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Nagano, Y., M.A. McGrouther and M. Yabe, 2013. A new species of the hoplichthyid genus Hoplichthys (Teleostei: Hoplichthyidae) from northern Western Australia. Zootaxa 3681(3):241-248. (Ref. 93721)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [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).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.6 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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