Cocotropus possi

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Cocotropus possi Imamura & Shinohara, 2008

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Aploactinidae (Velvetfishes)
Etymology: Cocotropus: Greek, kokkos = berry, seed + Greek, tropsis, tropo = turning (Ref. 45335);  possi: Named for Dr. Stuart G. Poss, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to aploactinid systematics..

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Marine; demersal. Temperate

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Northwest Pacific: Japan.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75210)

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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 26. This species is characterized by the following: D XIII, 8;, pectoral-fin rays 13; vertebrae 26; preopercular spines 5; upper jaw longer than lachrymal; fleshy papillae on posterior portion of maxilla absent; vomerine teeth absent; many well-developed fleshy papillae on ventral surface of lower jaw; first sensory pores on both sides of lower jaw separate; isthmus tip extending to level of between fourth and fifth sensory pores of lower jaw; body mostly uniformly dark brown (Ref. 75210).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Imamura, H. and G. Shinohara, 2008. A new species of Cocotropus (Teleostei: Aploactinidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Southern Japan. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. Ser. A. Suppl. 2:21-24. (Ref. 75210)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 20.3 - 23.4, mean 21.7 °C (based on 24 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):  3.2   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).