Ablabys gymnothorax, Scaleless spiny waspfsh

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Ablabys gymnothorax Chungthanawong & Motomura, 2018

Scaleless spiny waspfsh
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Tetrarogidae (Wasp fishes)
Etymology: Ablabys: Greek, ablabie, -es, ablaboos = harmless (Ref. 45335);  gymnothorax: Name from Latin 'gymnothorax' meaning naked chest, referring to the lack of scales on the thorax..

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Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 27 m (Ref. 123539). Subtropical

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Western Pacific: southern Japan, Taiwan and central Vietnam.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123539)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D XVI,9; A III,8-9; pectoral-fin rays 12-13; total gill rakers 6, including rudiments; scale rows in longitudinal series 88-90 (mode 89); scale rows above lateral line 11-13; scale rows below lateral line 30-34; scale rows between sixth dorsal-fin spine base and lateral line 10-13; thorax no scales; interspinous dorsal-fin membranes weakly notched; last dorsal-fin soft ray joined posteriorly by membrane to dorsal edge of caudal peduncle and basal upper margin of caudal fin; vertebrae 9 + 17; head short, its length 27.7-29.5% (mean 29.2%) of SL; snout short, its length 5.6-6.8% (6.1%) of SL; orbit diameter 8.1-9.9% (8.9%) of SL; interorbital width 4.1-4.4% (4.2%) of SL; postorbital length 14.9-15.6% (15.2%) of SL; body depth 29.6-35.3% (31.1%) of SL; anal-fin base length 32.1-35.0% (32.9%) of SL; caudal-fin length 39.1-45.0% (42.6%) of SL; dorsal-fin rays and pelvic-fin spine long, second dorsal-fin spine length 39.0-48.5% (44.3%) of SL, third dorsal-fin spine length 35.8-40.8% (38.3%) of SL, fourth dorsal-fin spine length 25.4-30.6% (28.1%) of SL, fifth dorsal-fin spine length 19.1-24.7% (22.2%) of SL, sixth dorsal-fin spine length 17.4-19.6% (18.6%) of SL, penultimate dorsal-fin spine length 17.2-19.8% (18.9%) of SL, last dorsal-fin spine length 17.8-20.6% (19.5%) of SL, longest dorsal-fin soft ray length 24.2-29.9 % (28.2%) of SL, pelvic-fin spine length 12.7-14.9% (14.0%) of SL. Colouration: body uniformly brown, fins blackish (fresh and preserved specimens) (Ref. 123539).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Chungthanawong, S. and H. Motomura, 2018. Two new species of the waspfish genus Ablabys (Scorpaeniformes: Tetrarogidae) from the western Pacific Ocean. Ichthyol. Res. 66(1):114-128. (Ref. 123539)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01905 (0.00780 - 0.04657), b=3.03 (2.82 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).