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Phallostethidae (Priapiumfishes)
Etymology: Phallostethus: Greek, phallos = penis + Greek, stetho, stethion = brest; literal = to prick a little breast (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Paul Georg Egmont Duncker (1870–1953) was a German zoologist and ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Regan.
Taxonomic Remarks
Needs further info.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce pélagique. Tropical
Asia: Malaysia.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Differs from all congeners by having the following characters: second ctenactinium with five serrae in adult males; 27 caudal vertebrae with no sexual dimorphism in the number of precaudal vertebrae; 15-20 teeth on paradentary; one and two known males are sinistral and dextral respectively (Ref. 90869).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Fertilization is internal and eggs are attached to the substrate via adhesive filaments (Ref. 43413).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Pelvic fins in males are modified to form part of a complex thoracic clasping organ (Ref. 205).
Eschmeyer, W.N., 1990. Catalog of the genera of recent fishes. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA. 697 p. (Ref. 1830)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.6250 [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). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |