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Aploactinidae (Velvetfishes)
Etymology: Cocotropus: Greek, kokkos = berry, seed + Greek, tropsis, tropo = turning (Ref. 45335); possi: Named for Dr. Stuart G. Poss, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to aploactinid systematics.
Eponymy: Dr Stuart G Poss is an American ichthyologist who is a Research Associate at the California Academy of Sciences. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino demersale. Temperate
Northwest Pacific: Japan.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 75210)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 8; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 7 - 8; Spine anali: 2; Raggi anali molli: 7; Vertebre: 26. This species is characterized by the following: D XIII, 8;, pectoral-fin rays 13; vertebrae 26; preopercular spines 5; upper jaw longer than lachrymal; fleshy papillae on posterior portion of maxilla absent; vomerine teeth absent; many well-developed fleshy papillae on ventral surface of lower jaw; first sensory pores on both sides of lower jaw separate; isthmus tip extending to level of between fourth and fifth sensory pores of lower jaw; body mostly uniformly dark brown (Ref. 75210).
Cross section: compressed.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Imamura, H. and G. Shinohara, 2008. A new species of Cocotropus (Teleostei: Aploactinidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Southern Japan. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. Ser. A. Suppl. 2:21-24. (Ref. 75210)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Strumenti
Rapporti speciali
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Stime basate su modelli
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00646 (0.00263 - 0.01585), b=3.13 (2.91 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |