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Leiognathidae (Slimys, slipmouths, or ponyfishes) > Gazzinae
Etymology: mannusella: Name from Latin 'mannus' meaning pony, the common name for the family, and 'sella' meaning saddle, refers to the shape of the nuchal marking.
Issue
Possibly a synonym of Nuchequula gerroides (Bleeker, 1851). See Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jul. 2010: Ref. 84883).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino. Temperate
Distribuzione
Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.1 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 75067)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 8; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 16; Spine anali: 3; Raggi anali molli: 14; Vertebre: 23. This species in distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: a conspicuously
deep lower jaw with a strongly concave profile, sharply pointed ventrally (vs. slightly concave or straight lower jaw profile); black dorsal-fin marking is restricted to the anterior edge of the fin, with some scattered melanophores in the dorsal-fin membrane (vs. a large blotch over a larger area on the dorsal fin or an no markings) (Ref. 75067).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Chakrabarty, P. and J.S. Sparks, 2007. Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Nuchequula Whitley 1932 (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), with the description of a new species. Am. Mus. Novit. 3588:1-25. (Ref. 75067)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Strumenti
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