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Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Pseudoplesiopinae
Etymology: Lubbockichthys: After Roger Lubbrock, Cambridge University; he died in Brazil in a car accident in 1981. He described and discovered many species in the Rea Sea in 1970 and early 80´s.
Eponymy: Dr Hugh Roger Lubbock (1951–1981) was an English marine biologist at Cambridge University. [...] Dr Hiroyuki Tanaka is a Japanese physician and aquarist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Gill & Senou.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 20 - 70 m (Ref. 90102). Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Philippines to Indonesia (Ref. 90102).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90102)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Inhabits outer reefs, in caves and crevices or beneath overhangs on steep slopes in 20-70 m (Ref 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2003. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003. (Ref. 46206)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 23.9 - 28.3, mean 27.2 °C (based on 51 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00174 - 0.01147), b=3.10 (2.87 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).