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Diancistrus novaeguineae, New guinea viviparous brotula
Western Central Pacific: Great Barrier Reef north of 16°S and in Papua New Guinea south of 5°S; westwards in Maluku, Indonesia; along the Louisiade Archipelago to the Solomon Islands including Santa Cruz Islands and Vanuatu.
ขนาด / น้ำหนัก / อายุ
วัยเจริญพันธุ์: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.3 cm SL เพศผู้/กระเทย; (Ref. 57884); 10.0 cm SL (female)
ก้านครีบอ่อนที่หาง (รวม) : 74 - 85; ก้านครีบอ่อนที่ก้น: 60 - 69; สัตว์มีกระดูกสันหลัง: 43 - 45. The species is characterized by the following: vertebrae 11+32-34=43-45, dorsal fin rays 74-85 (mostly >77), anal fin rays 60-69, D/V 6 (rarely 7); large eyes (2.1-3.4% SL); outer pseudoclasper with broad hook-shaped extension, with rounded tip, slightly bent outwards; inner pseudoclasper short, joined to outer pseudoclasper anteriorly, supporter with anteriorly oriented small hook, and with a wide thin flap at posterior-distal margin; scale patch on cheek with 7-9 scale rows on upper cheek, many scales on operculum above opercular spin (7-16 scales in 2-4 rows), in very large specimens additional scale patch below opercular spine (4-12); head profile is moderately slender; otolith length sulcus length 1.9-2.0, sulcus slightly inclined (Ref. 57884).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Rare species, found on coral-sand bottom (Ref. 34024). Benthic (Ref. 75154). Cryptic and solitary (Ref 90102).
Schwarzhans, W., P.R. Møller and J.G. Nielsen, 2005. Review of the Dinematichthyini (Teleostei, Bythitidae) of the Indo-West-Pacific. Part I. Diancistrus and two new genera with 26 new species. The Beagle, Records of the Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 21:73-163. (Ref. 57884)
สถานะบัญชีแดงของ IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
