Common names from other countries
Classification / Names
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Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Lucifuga: Latin, lux = light + latin, fugere = to escape, to avoid, to run away from (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
นิเวศวิทยา
; น้ำจืด สัตว์น้ำหน้าดิน; pH range: ? - 8.0; dH range: ? - 20. Tropical; ? - 24°C (Ref. 89994); 22°N - 20°N
Central America: Cuba.
ขนาด / น้ำหนัก / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.4 cm SL เพศผู้/กระเทย; (Ref. 13498); 9.3 cm NG (female)
Common species inhabiting shallow water caves, sinkholes ad crevices (Ref. 34024). Feeds on cirolanid isopods. Viviparous. Sometimes found together with L. dentata and L. teresinarum (Ref. 34024).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | การสืบพันธุ์ | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | ตัวอ่อน
Viviparous; a 6.5 cm female contained four 2.0 cm young.
Nielsen, J.G., D.M. Cohen, D.F. Markle and C.R. Robins, 1999. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(18):178p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 34024)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Endangered (EN) (B1ab(iii,iv,v)+2ab(iii,iv,v)); Date assessed: 31 March 2020
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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