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Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Saccogaster: Latin, sacculus = small bag + Greek, gaster = stomach (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Jon C Staiger is a marine biologist and ecologist who is Senior Scientist at Coastal Engineering Consultants, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he designs and constructs barrier island restorations in the Mississippi Delta (2009–present). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Cohen & Nielsen.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 201 - 450 m (Ref. 93007). Deep-water
Western Central Atlantic: east coast of Florida, USA and the Gulf of Mexico; possibly Brazil.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.3 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 93007); 7.2 cm SL (female)
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 86 - 88; Rayons mous anaux: 53 - 57; Vertèbres: 53 - 54. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: frontal plate have a pair of small, hidden, sub-dermal spines above and behind eyes; with a small, median, sub-dermal, ethmoidal spine in front of eyes; opercular spine hidden by skin, no preopercular spine; pectoral peduncle is prolonged; anterior gill arch with 3 developed rakers, 1.5-2 times length of gill filaments; palatines with 1tooth row, fang-like teeth on all dentigerous bones; vertebrae, precaudal 13-14 and total 53-54; fin rays, Dl 86-88, A 53-57 and pectoral 18-19; otolith length to height, 2.1, otolith length to colliculum length, 2.8 (Ref. 93007).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Rare species (Ref. 34024).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen, 2012. Revisions of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579:1-36. (Ref. 93007)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00468 (0.00186 - 0.01174), b=3.03 (2.81 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (18 of 100). 🛈 |