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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Neobythitinae
Etymology: Neobythites: Greek, neos = new + Greek, bythitis, -idos = it is at the bottom, sunken (Ref. 45335); gloriae: Named for Gloria Jansen Echevarria, wife of the first author..

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Marine; demersal; depth range 26 - 320 m (Ref. 117295). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Gulf.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 117295); 14.5 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 90-93; Anal soft rays: 72 - 76; Vertebrae: 54 - 56. This species is distinguished by the following characters: no spines on hind margin of preopercle; D 90-93; A 72-76; pectoral-fin rays 24-27; vertebra, precaudal 12, total 54-56; pseudobranchial filaments 3-4; anterior arch with 11-13 long gill rakers; head length 25.5–28.0 % SL; pelvic-fin length 13.5–17.0 % SL, pelvic fins not reaching beyond anus; orbit length 5.3-5.9 % SL, 19.5-23.5 % head length, and 2.0-2.2 times in upper-jaw length; longest gill filament 3.9-4.9 % SL and 15.5-19.0 % head length; ocellus spot position well posterior to a vertical line through anus, the ocellus-spot distance being 49.0-51 % SL, with spot covering 6-8 dorsal-fin rays; margins of posterior fifth to a quarter of dorsal fin and posterior half to two thirds of anal fin dark pigmented; absence of vertical bars on body; otolith length 4.8-5.0 % SL, sulcus length 3.4-3.7 % SL, and ostium height 21.0-26.5 % sulcus length (Ref. 117295).

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Uiblein, F. and J.G, Nielsen, 2018. Review of the steatiticus-species group of the cuskeel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4387(1):157-173. (Ref. 117295)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 August 2019

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00380 (0.00165 - 0.00876), b=3.14 (2.93 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.5 ±0.5 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).

Neobythites gloriae Uiblein & Nielsen, 2018