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Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Cheilobranchinae
Etymology: Barryichthys: Named for Barry Hutchins, in honour of his work on Australian clingfishes; hutchinsi: Named for Barry Hutchins; noun in the genitive.
Eponymy: Dr J Barry Hutchins (d: 1946) was Curator of Fishes at the Western Australian Museum (1998–2007), which he joined as a Technical Officer (1972) and where he worked until he retired. [...] Dr J Barry Hutchins (d: 1946) was Curator of Fishes at the Western Australian Museum (1998–2007), which he joined as a Technical Officer (1972) and where he worked until he retired. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 120657). Subtropical
Eastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia to South Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 120657); 1.9 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 4 - 5; Anal soft rays: 4 - 6; Vertebrae: 38 - 39. This species is distinguished from Barryichthys algicolaby having a shorter, deeper body (body depth at dorsal-fin origin 10-11% SL vs. 7-8% SL); wider, deeper head (head width at widest point 66-75% HL vs. 55-61%; depth at orbit 30-32% HL vs. 27-29%; interorbital width 27-33% HL vs. 20-24%); the ventral margin of orbit obscured by cheek in ventral view (vs. entire ventral margin of orbit visible in ventral view); shorter abdominal region with fewer vertebrae (17 vs. 21); with fewer ribs (11-12 vs. 15), epicentrals (14-15 vs. 18-19) and total vertebrae ( 38-39 vs. 42-44). Live colour pattern, including body background golden-yellow to olive-brown, a variable number of irregularly shaped light to dark brown markings along dorsal midline, presence of a series of light to dark brown elongate lateral markings
forming an incomplete or complete horizontal stripe (Ref. 120657).
This species was collected from dense mats of macroalgae attached to rocky substrate in water up to 1 meter depth. A female specimen (1.42 cm SL) contained ca. 20 mature eggs (ca. 10 within each ovary) of ca. 0.3-0.@ mm diameter. The largest eggs in each ovary exhibited a dark orange cap that may represent an 'attachment apparatus' at the animal pole as described from the eggs of three species of European gobiesocid (Ref. 120657).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Conway, K.W., G.I. Moore and A.P. Summers, 2019. A new genus and two new species of miniature clingfishes from temperate southern Australia (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae). ZooKeys 864:35-65. (Ref. 120657)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [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): 3.0 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
