Ogilbia nudiceps, Slickhead brotula

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Ogilbia nudiceps Møller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2005

Slickhead brotula
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Dinematichthyidae (Viviparous brotula)
Etymology: Ogilbia: Taken from Ogilby, 1887-1915, icthiologist and zoologist (Ref. 45335);  nudiceps: Named for the scale-less head; 'nudi' = naked and 'ceps' = head..
More on authors: Møller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 57883). Tropical; 29°N - 22°N

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Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57883); 7.4 cm SL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 63-72; Anal soft rays: 49 - 56; Vertebrae: 40 - 41. The species is characterized by having the following: Vertebrae 11 + 29-30 = 40-41, dorsal fin rays 63-72, anal fin rays 49-56; small eyes (1.4-2.6, x = 1.9 % SL); outer pseudoclasper broad wing-shaped with slightly expanded tip; inner pseudoclasper with two stout branches, anterior pointing forward, posterior straight, with fleshy lobe in between, penis with abrupt change from thick base to thin tip; opercular spine with single, sharp tip, no scales on cheeks; otolith elongate, length: height ratio 2.4 (Ref. 57883).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits rocky and sandy bottoms. A 63 mm SL female specimen (USNM 375546) contained 160 embryos, 4-5 mm TL, with three short rows of small pigment spots posteriorly on the body. No eggs. A 55 mm SL female (SIO 65-185) contained about 600 eggs, 0.5 mm in diameter (Ref. 57883).

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Møller, P.R., W. Schwarzhans and J.G. Nielsen, 2005. Review of the American Dinematichthyini (Teleostei: Bythitidae). Part II. Ogilbia. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 10(4):133-207. (Ref. 57883)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 April 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23 - 26.6, mean 24.3 °C (based on 56 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).