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Trichonotus somaliensis Katayama, Motomura & Endo, 2012

Somalian sand diver
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Trichonotidae (Sanddivers)
Etymology: Trichonotus: Greek, thrix = hair + Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335); somaliensis: Named for Somalia, its type locality.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 37 - 78 m (Ref. 93824). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: known only from Somalia.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93824)

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Dorsal spines (total): 3 - 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 44 - 47; Anal soft rays: 35 - 38; Vertebrae: 52 - 54. This species is distinguished from its congeners in having the following characters: D III-IV, 44-47; A 35-38; lateral-line scales 54-56; gill rakers 5-6 + 18-24; entire body with scales; both sexes have a longitudinal row of 12-14 blotches on body; elongated dorsal-fin spines absent, but with high dorsal fin overall; males with first dorsal-fin soft ray length 19-28% of SL; absence of free dorsal pterygiophores (Ref. 93824).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Katayama, E., H. Motomura and H. Endo, 2012. A new species of Trichonotus (Perciformes: Trichonotidae) from Somalia and redescription of Trichonotus cyclograptus (Alcock, 1890) with designation of a lectotype. Zootaxa 3565:31-43. (Ref. 93824)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: 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).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).