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Ophidiidae (Cusk-eels) > Neobythitinae
Etymology: Neobythites: Greek, neos = new + Greek, bythitis, -idos = it is at the bottom, sunken (Ref. 45335); japonicus: Name 'japonicus' from the type locality of the species, Japan.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 100 m (Ref. 137826). Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 137826)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 91; Anal soft rays: 75; Vertebrae: 52. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: hind margin of preopercle with two spines; D 91; A 75; P 26; precaudal vertebrae 13; total vertebrae 52; pseudobranchial filaments 6; long rakers on anterior gill arch 11; head length 23% Sl; pelvic-fin length 16% Sl, fins not reaching anus; orbit length 4.1% Sl and 18% hl; longest gill filament 1.6% Sl and 7.1% hl; dorsal fin with two ocelli, one smaller ocellus placed close to fin origin, spot distance 29% Sl and spot covers 6 dorsal-fin rays, and a larger central ocellus placed behind line through anus, spot distance 46% Sl and spot covers 9 dorsal-fin rays; both ocellus spots not extending ventrally onto body; preserved specimens with two dark-brown ocellus spots; absence of vertical bars on body; otolith length 5.3% Sl, sulcus length 4.2% Sl, and ostium height 15% sulcus length and 23% ostium length (Ref. 137826).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Uiblein, F, and J.G. Nielsen, 2023. Five new ocellus-bearing species of the cusk-eel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) from the West Pacific, with establishment of three new species groups. Zootaxa 5336(2):179-205. (Ref. 137826)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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