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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Dinematichthyidae (Viviparous brotula)
Etymology: Ogilbia: Taken from Ogilby, 1887-1915, icthiologist and zoologist (Ref. 45335); tyleri: Named for Dr. James C. Tyler, USNM.
Eponymy: James Douglas Ogilby (1853–1925) was an Irish-born Australian ichthyologist and taxonomist, son of the famous zoologist William Ogilby (below). [...] Dr James Chase ‘Jim’ Tyler (d: 1935) is an ichthyologist and Senior Scientist Emeritus at the NMNH, Washington D. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Møller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 5 m (Ref. 57883). Tropical

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Western Atlantic: Saint Lucia to Trinidad.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57883)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 73 - 81; Anal soft rays: 52 - 59; Vertebrae: 40 - 43. This species is characterized by the following: Vertebrae 12-13 + 28-31 = 40-43, dorsal fin rays 73-81, anal fin rays 52-59; outer pseudoclasper wingshaped with single curved supporter anteriorly; inner pseudoclasper club-shaped, with long, very thin appendix inserted posterior-distally half way down clasper; small fleshy lobe at base of hood adjacent to outer pseudoclasper, penis tapering; opercular spine with single, sharp tip; scale patch on cheeks with 7-8 vertical scale rows; body mucus with dense aggregation of green pigment globules (Ref. 57883).

Inhabits shallow coral reefs. Identification of females is uncertain; no information on number of embryos is available (Ref. 57883).

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Møller, P.R., W. Schwarzhans and J.G. Nielsen, 2005. Review of the American Dinematichthyini (Teleostei: Bythitidae). Part II. Ogilbia. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 10(4):133-207. (Ref. 57883)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 27.3 - 28.3, mean 27.6 °C (based on 98 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [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): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Ogilbia tyleri Møller, Schwarzhans & Nielsen, 2005