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Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies) > Blenniinae						
							
							Etymology: Omobranchus: Greek, omo = shoulder + Greek, brangchia = gill (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Richardson.						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range					
						Ecology					
				
				
				
					Marine;  demersal. Temperate				
				
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Northwest Pacific:  southern Japan and the coast of China.
				
				
			
			
				
					Size / Weight / Age
				
				
				
					Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 5.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40947)				
				 
			
			
						
				
				
				
					Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 22; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 21 - 24. Head without cirri.  Both sexes with a fleshy blade-like crest on occiput.  Lower end of gill opening above posterior fin base.  Sensory pores in infraorbital and interorbital canals usually 8 and 2 respectively
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: circular.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Adults rarely enter brackish water.  Attain less than 8 cm TL.  Oviparous.  Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205), and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal (Ref. 94114).  Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters (Ref. 94114).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
				
				
				
				Oviparous, distinct pairing (Ref. 205).				
				 
			
			 
				
				
				
					Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Ref. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00434 - 0.02525), b=3.07 (2.86 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (Ref. 
69278):  2.7   ±0.2 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 (10 of 100). 
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