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Eleotridae (Bully sleepers)
Etymology: eilperinae: Named for Juliet Eilperin, an environmental journalist who has continued to expose and support the Bird’s Head Seascape marine conservation program.
Eponymy: Juilet Eilperin (d: 1971) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental journalist who works for the Washington Post (1998–>2020) as Senior National Affairs Correspondent and the on-line newspaper the Huffington Post. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 5 - 12 m (Ref. 84036). Tropical
Distribuzione
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Western Central Pacific: West Papua, Indonesia.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.1 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 84036); 2.2 cm SL (female)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 7; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 7; Spine anali: 1; Raggi anali molli: 7. This species is distinguished by the following characters: moderately enlarged mouth with upper jaw reaching to below anterior half of pupil; broad gill opening, extending forward to below posterior half of eye; 15 lower rakers on outer face of first gill arch (total rakers 18), elongate and pointed; 13 pectoral fins; 24 lateral scale count; 7 transverse scale count (TRB); 7-8 predorsal scales; relatively long and slender caudal peduncle, depth 2.9-3.1 in SL; first two dorsal spines prolonged and filamentous, length of second dorsal spine 2.4-2.5 in SL; second dorsal fin relatively short and rounded, its height about equal to base of fin and 6.9-9.0 in SL; anal fin with triangular margin, the middle ray longest, forming short filament, its length 3.7-4.5 in SL; color of head and body mainly brown; 5 irregular, narrow whitish bars on side, the first just anterior to first dorsal fin origin and last below posterior margin of second dorsal fin; irregular short whitish bars and spots on caudal peduncle; second dorsal and anal fins with irregular brown and white bands, broad brown submarginal band, and broad white outer margin; caudal fin brown with wavy white bands and white upper and lower margins (Ref. 84036).
Collected from a sheltered, silty reef situated close to shore in 5-12 m depth (Ref. 84036). Inhabits crevices and caves (Ref. 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2010. Two new species of Calumia (Teleostei: Eleotridae) from West Papua, Indonesia. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 16(2):71-80. (Ref. 84036)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Human uses
Pesca: di nessun interesse
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00420 - 0.02379), b=3.08 (2.88 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
