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Ptereleotris randalli Gasparini, Rocha & Floeter, 2001

Brazilian dartfish
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> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Microdesmidae (Wormfishes) > Ptereleotrinae
Etymology: Ptereleotris: Greek, pteron = wing, fin + The name of a Nile fish, eleotris (Ref. 45335);  randalli: Named for John E. Randall..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 8 - 70 m (Ref. 84213). Tropical

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Southwest Atlantic: endemic to Brazil.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.7 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 84213); 4.9 cm SL (female)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 22 - 24; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 21 - 23. This species is distinguished from its Atlantic congeners by having the following characters: dorsal and anal fins with bright orange-yellow submarginal bands; second dorsal and anal fins comparatively low, slightly elevated anteriorly; short caudal fin, 5ht and 6th rays prolonged as filaments; short pelvic fins, about the same length as pectorals (Ref. 84213).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Used in the aquarium trade under the name Opistognathus leitoso. The population is declining fast in some areas of the Brazilian coast (mainly off the States of Espirito Santo and Bahia) due to commercial exploration of the calcareous algae banks. This species hovers over its burrow feeding on plankton and dives headfirst in to the burrow when threatened. Found usually over sandy bottom close to reefs, but also common over sand patches as small as 10 cm in diameter, enclosed by rocky areas or in calcareous algae (Lithothamnion sp.) banks (Ref. 84213). Maximum depth from Ref. 126840.

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Gasparini, J.L., L.A. Rocha and S.R. Floeter, 2001. Ptereleotris randalli n. sp., a new dartfish (Gobioidei: Microdesmidae) from the Brazilian coast. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 4(3):109-114. (Ref. 84213)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 March 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.6 - 27.6, mean 27.2 °C (based on 58 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [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).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.