| Family: |
Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas) |
| Max. size: |
6.6 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range - 8 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Central Atlantic: near Santa Marta, Colombia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 74-74; Anal soft rays: 37-37; Vertebrae: 45-45. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: sooty black nasal chambers; few anal fin rays (37 vs. 49-54), few vertebrae (45 vs. 54-58), a wider head (12.0 % SL vs. 7.7-9.8 % SL); a pair of sub-dermal spines fused to form a broad ridge on frontal just behind eyes, a small, median, sub-dermal, ethmoidal spine just in front of eyes and an antero-ventrally directed spine at lower angle of preopercle (all spines covered by skin); anterior gill arch with 3 developed rakers, only slightly larger than the spiny knobs, gill filaments 7-8 times length of developed rakers; slightly prolonged pectoral peduncle; palatines with several tooth rows; vertebrae, precaudal 16 and total 45; fin rays, D 74, A 37, caudal 10 and pectoral 18 (Ref. 93007). |
| Biology: |
Rare species, known from a single specimen (Ref. 34024), apparently living on a shallow reef (Ref. 93007). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 29 January 2013 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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