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Emmelichthyidae (Rovers)
Etymology: Emmelichthys: Greek, emmelyes, -es, -es = harmonious + Greek, ichthys = fish + Greek,ops = appearance (Ref. 45335); papillatus: Named for the diagnostic fleshy cleithral papillae.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic. Tropical
Distribution
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Western Pacific: the Philippines.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 130869)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 10. This species is distinguished from its congeners in the Pacific Ocean by the following characters: with two fleshy papillae on the cleithrum (absent in elongatus, karnellai, struhsakeri); fewer number of gill rakers 30-33 (vs. 34+ in other species); differs further from cyanescens, nitidus, which have bony cleithral papillae; fewer pectoral-fin rays 18-19 (vs. 22 in cyanescens, 20-23 in nitidus) and fewer lateral-line scales 69-74 (vs. 100-105 in cyanescens, 87-93 in nitidus); differs from Erythrocles schlegelii, which also has fleshy cleithral papillae, by II isolated dorsal-fin spines between the spinous and soft dorsal fin (Ref. 130869).
Species of Emmelichthys are reportedly caught by bagnet, Danish seine, fish corrals, hook and line, otoshi ami, purse seine, ringnet, stationary liftnet, and trawl, but are not typically identified to species (in Ref. 130869).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Girard, M.G., M.D. Santos and K.E. Bemis, 2024. New species of redbait from the Philippines (Teleostei, Emmelichthyidae, Emmelichthys). ZooKeys 1196:95-109. (Ref. 130869)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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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=0.01660 (0.00626 - 0.04399), b=2.99 (2.76 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 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).
