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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes) >
Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Diademichthyinae
Etymology: Flabellicauda: fan, and 'cauda' meaning tail, referring to the unique shape of the hypural plate (Ref. 129315); alleni: Named for Dr. Gerald R. Allen (WAM), for his great contributions to the systematics of tropical reef fishes of the East Indies; noun in the genitive.
Eponymy: Dr Gerald Robert ‘Gerry’ Allen (d: 1942) is an American-born Australian ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 12 m (Ref. 129315). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Palau, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 129315)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 15; Anal soft rays: 10 - 13. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: D 12-15 (modally 13); A 10-13 (11, rarely 10); upper end of gill opening level with base of 12th to 14th pectoral-fin ray in lateral view; gill rakers on first to third arches 5-8 (6, rarely 5), 6-8 (6), and 6-8 (7), respectively; head sensory canal pores relatively developed, including usually 2 nasal, 2 lacrimal, and 2 postorbital pores; disc region A without papillae at center; body black with white stripes (Ref. 129315).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Fujiwara, K., K.W. Conway and Motomura. H., 2021. Description of a new genus and two new species of Indo-Pacific clingfishes (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae) with redescription and reassignment of two species previously assigned to Lepadichthys Waite, 1904. Ichthyol. & Herpetology 109(3):753-784. (Ref. 129315)
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): 3.3 ±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).
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