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Cyclopteridae (Lumpfishes) > Eumicrotreminae
Etymology: Eumicrotremus: Greek, eu = good + Greek, mikros = little, small + Greek, trema = hole (Ref. 45335); jindoensis: Named for its type locality, Jin-do Island.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 20 - 30 m (Ref. 115553). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: Korean Peninsula and the Yellow Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 115553)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 21 - 24. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: absence of spiny tubercles or fleshy papillae on body; anterior one to three mandibular pores each have a short barbel-like tube; no interorbital pore; presence of suborbital pore; opercular flap is triangular; no papillae on ventral disk; caudal-fin is long, 32.7-42.1% of SL (Ref. 115553).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Lee, S.J., J.-K. Kim, Y. Kai, S. Ikeguchi and T. Nakabo, 2017. Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific. Zootaxa 4282(2). (Ref. 115553)
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=0.02089 (0.00774 - 0.05639), b=3.03 (2.80 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.3 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).