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Aploactinidae (Velvetfishes)
Etymology: Matsubarichthys: Because of Matsubara, icthyologist in scorpenoid fishes. He was cited by Hilgendorf, 1880, and named after Shinnosuke Matsubara, director of Imperial Fisheries in Tokyo; inusitatus: Name means unusual or rare..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal. Tropical
Western Pacific: known only from the holotype taken in Queensland, Australia.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.7 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. )
Espinas dorsales (total) : 6; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 6; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 4; Vértebra: 21. Head extremely large, depressed. Body elongate, not compressed. Caudal fin damaged (rounded, without branched rays, 10 segmented rays and 4 unsegmented). Body scales absent, except for lateral line which are extremely long and tubular; first 3 touching each other. Its distinct, densely melanic spots on the head may be a transitory larval or juvenile character but cannot be verified until larger specimens are caught (Ref. 35981).
Known only from the holotype which may be at a transitory larvae and juvenile stage with a length of 0.85 cm SL (Ref. 35981). Maximum length value is preliminary and is assumed to be twice the length of the only juvenile specimen reported.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Poss, S.G. and G.D. Johnson, 1991. Matsubarichthys inusitatus, a new genus and species of velvetfish (Scorpaeniformes: Aploactinidae) from the Great Barrier Reef. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 104(3):468-473. (Ref. 35981)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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