This website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and ensure the functionality of our site. For more detailed information about the types of cookies we use and how we protect your privacy, please visit our Privacy Information page.
×
Cookie Settings
This website uses different types of cookies to enhance your experience. Please select your preferences below:
> Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Dinematichthyidae (Viviparous brotula)
Etymology: Dactylosurculus:Name from Latin 'dactylus' or Greek 'dactylos' for finger and Latin 'surculus' for sucker of a grapevine tendril. Name refers to the functional analogy with the pseudoclaspers, to the specific shape of the ‘middle’ pseudoclasper; gomoni:Named for Martin Gomon, NMV, Melbourne, Australia,. Eponymy: Dr Martin Fellows Gomon (d: 1945) is an US/Australian ichthyologist who first went to Australia to Museum Victoria Melbourne (1979) where he is Senior Curator, Ichthyology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page. More on authors: Schwarzhans & Møller.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet Ökologie
seewasser demersal; tiefenbereich 2 - 10 m (Ref. 76869). Subtropical
Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 92 - 109; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 70 - 81; Wirbelzahl: 45 - 50. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: anterior nostril low on snout; copulatory organ of males with 3 pairs of pseudoclaspers, all joined at base in narrow stalked stem, the outer pseudoclasper is wing-shaped, V-shaped flap-like inner pseudoclasper anteriorly joined to outer pseudoclasper, short, second inner pseudoclasper inserted between the two, intermediate in length, finger-like in shape, with
supporter; moderately large species, reaching to about 7.0 cm SL; 13-14 precaudal vertebrae, 45-50 total vertebrae; 22-26 pectoral fin rays; 8-9 branchiostegal rays; a small scale patch on upper cheek only on the head; scales on operculum absent; upper preopercular pore present; small pore below the eye; elongated otolith, its length to height 2.1-2.3, inclined sulcus, fused colliculi; maxilla is expanded posterio-ventrally (Ref. 76869). Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Schwarzhans, W. and P.R. Møller, 2007. Review of the Dinematichthyini (Teleostei: Bythitidae) of the Indo-west Pacific. Part III. Beaglichthys, Brosmolus, Monothrix and eight new genera with description of 20 new species. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 23:29-110. (Ref. 76869)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
