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Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Parabrotula: Greek, para = the side of + Latin, brotula, -ae = little, bud, shoot (Ref. 45335); tanseimaru: Named after R/V Tansei Maru.
Eponymy: ‘Tansei Maru’ is the name of a research vessel, owned by the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo (now Japan Marine Science and Technology Center), which was responsible for collecting the holotypes of the goby and false brotula. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Miya & Nielsen.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino batipelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 1300 m (Ref. 34721). Deep-water
Northwest Pacific: Japan.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 34721); 5.0 cm SL (female)
Occurs in pseudoceanic bathypelagic depths. Feeds primarily on copepods (Ref. 34721). Viviparous (Ref. 34721).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Miya, M. and J.G. Nielsen, 1991. A new species of the deep-sea fish genus Parabrotula (Parabrotulidae) from Sagami Bay with notes on its biology. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 38(1):1-5. (Ref. 34721)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 0.7 - 16.4, mean 8.5 °C (based on 34 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00813 (0.00246 - 0.02688), b=2.92 (2.67 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.0 ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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