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Tetrarogidae (Wasp fishes)
Etymology: possi: Named for Stuart Poss.
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.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 143 - 230 m (Ref. 41496). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Saya de Malha bank.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 41496)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 15; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 8; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 5; Vertebre: 28. Tubular scales in lateral line16-20. Spines on the lateral surface of the lacrimale absent. Spines on the lateral surface of the first suborbital bone absent. Second dorsal spine greatly elongated (Ref. 41496).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Mandritsa, S.A. and S.I. Usachev, 1990. A new species of the genus Ocosia Jordan and Starks (Scorpaeniformes, Tetrarogidae) from the western part of the Indian Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 30(4):130-134. (Ref. 41496)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).