Psilotris laurae, Thin-barred goby

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Psilotris laurae Van Tassell, Tornabene & Baldwin, 2016

Thin-barred goby
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Psilotris: Greek, psilos = hairless + Greek, thrix = hair (Ref. 45335);  laurae: Named for Laura Albini, wife of Adriaan ‘Dutch’ Schrier, the owner of Substation Curacao (Ref. 113825).

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 114 - 137 m (Ref. 113825). Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic: off Bonaire.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 113825)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 27 - 7. This species can be distinguished by the following set of characters: D1 VII, with spines 1-4 slightly elongate; D2 I, 9; A I, 8; elongate pointed pectoral fin with 18 rays; pelvic fins separate, no anterior frenum or membrane connecting 5th rays, rays 1-4 branched once, 5th ray unbranched and one-quarter the length of fourth ray; no scales on sides of body or head; no modified basicaudal scales; papillae row 5s/5i connected forming a single row at the anterior of row b, interorbital papillae row pc’ with two papillae; head and preopercle canals and pore absent; one anal-fin pterygiophore inserted anterior to haemal arch. Colouration: distinct five conspicuous thin bars along trunk, bars bright yellow in life or black in preserved specimens (Ref. 113825).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Known specimen was found inside a glass bottle collected along a sandy slope ca. 114 -137 m depth (Ref. 113825).

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Tornabene, L., J.L. Van Tassel, D.R. Robertson and C.C. Baldwin, 2016. Molecular phylogeny, analysis of discrete character evolution, and submersible collections facilitate a new classification for a diverse group of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini: Nes subgroup), with descriptions of nine new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177(4):764-812. (Ref. 113825)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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