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Etymology: Perulibatrachus: Latin, perula, -ae = little bag + Greek, batrachos = frog.
Eponymy: Richard Neil ‘Dick’ Kilburn (1942–2013) was a South African malacologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Greenfield.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 75 m (Ref. 58018). Subtropical
Western Indian Ocean: Natal, South Africa.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13102)
Inhabit coral rubble and sandstone bottom.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Greenfield, D.W., 1996. Perulibatrachus kilburni, a new toadfish from East Africa (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). Copeia 1996(4):901-904. (Ref. 13102)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.2 ±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 (13 of 100). 🛈 |