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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Psilotris: Greek, psilos = hairless + Greek, thrix = hair (Ref. 45335); laurae: Named for Laura Albini, wife of Adriaan ‘Dutch’ Schrier, the owner of Substation Curacao (Ref. 113825).
Eponymy: Laura Albini was the wife of Adriaan ‘Dutch’ Schrier, owner of Substation Curacao, through whose efforts new, tropical, deep-water species are being discovered; Laura generously fed and hosted numerous researchers during their visits to Curacao. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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Marine; demersal; depth range 114 - 137 m (Ref. 113825). Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic: off Bonaire.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 113825)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 27 - 7. This species can be distinguished by the following set of characters: D1 VII, with spines 1-4 slightly elongate; D2 I, 9; A I, 8; elongate pointed pectoral fin with 18 rays; pelvic fins separate, no anterior frenum or membrane connecting 5th rays, rays 1-4 branched once, 5th ray unbranched and one-quarter the length of fourth ray; no scales on sides of body or head; no modified basicaudal scales; papillae row 5s/5i connected forming a single row at the anterior of row b, interorbital papillae row pc’ with two papillae; head and preopercle canals and pore absent; one anal-fin pterygiophore inserted anterior to haemal arch. Colouration: distinct five conspicuous thin bars along trunk, bars bright yellow in life or black in preserved specimens (Ref. 113825).

Known specimen was found inside a glass bottle collected along a sandy slope ca. 114 -137 m depth (Ref. 113825).

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Tornabene, L., J.L. Van Tassel, D.R. Robertson and C.C. Baldwin, 2016. Molecular phylogeny, analysis of discrete character evolution, and submersible collections facilitate a new classification for a diverse group of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini: Nes subgroup), with descriptions of nine new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177(4):764-812. (Ref. 113825)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2018

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00339 - 0.01546), b=3.10 (2.92 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.3 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).

Psilotris laurae Van Tassell, Tornabene & Baldwin, 2016