| Family: |
Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas) |
| Max. size: |
5.9 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range - 403 m |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Indian Ocean. Australia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 84-84; Anal soft rays: 57-57; Vertebrae: 56-56. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: a pair of distinct free spines on frontal plate above and behind eyes, bony ridge above eye and cartilaginous ethmoidal spine in front of eyes; thin, transparent skin, scaleless and without neuromasts; anterior arch with long gill rakers 2-3 times length of gill filaments; palatines with 2-3 tooth rows; pectoral peduncle is twice as long as high; vertebrae, precaudal 14, total 56; fin rays, D 84, A 57 and pectoral 21; otolith length to height, 1.75, otolith length to colliculum length (2.1), sulcus with long pointed anterior projection (Ref. 93007). |
| Biology: |
This viviparous species was caught on the upper continental slope and this female specimen was with ovaries containing many eggs but no embryos (Ref. 93007). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 16 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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