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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Neobythitinae
Etymology: wami: Name refers to the acronym for Western Australian Museum (WAM).

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Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 136 - 178 m (Ref. 98314). Tropical

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Eastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 98314)

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Dorsal spines (total): 96 - 97; Dorsal soft rays (total): 72 - 73; Vertebrae: 52 - 54. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: presence of a dark band running postero-ventrally from the eye almost to the hind edge of the operculum and with two black blotches on the dorsal fin, one anteriorly and the other about halfway to the caudal fin; pelvic fins inserted below preopercle; prepelvic length 13.0-14.5% SL; scale rows between origin of dorsal fin and lateral line 14-16; anterior gill arch with four long rakers; pseudobranchial filaments 29-33; pectoral-fin rays 24-26 (Ref. 98314).

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Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and F. Uiblein, 2015. Review of the Indo-West Pacific ophidiid genera Sirembo and Spottobrotula (Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae), with description of three new species. Mar. Biol. Res. 11(2):1-21. (Ref. 98314)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 15 August 2019

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: bycatch

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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=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.6 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 (21 of 100).

Sirembo wami Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Uiblein, 2014