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Aploactinidae (Velvetfishes)
Etymology: Cocotropus: Greek, kokkos = berry, seed + Greek, tropsis, tropo = turning (Ref. 45335); keramaensis: Named after its type locality (Ref. 49352).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 85 m (Ref. 49352). Subtropical, preferred ?
Northwest Pacific: off the Kerama Islands, Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 49352)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 12;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 10;
Anal
spines: 2;
Anal
soft rays: 7;
Vertebrae: 26. 5 distinct preopercular spines, upper jaw longer than lachrymal, a single papilla on the posterior portion of the maxilla, the outer edge of the lower jaw with 4 distinct papillae, first sensory pore of the lower jaw on both sides fused, an anterior tip of the isthmus attaining to the fifth sensory pore of the lower jaw, and anterior 4 dorsal spines anterior to third neural spine (Ref. 49352). Caudal fin rounded posteriorly (Ref. 49352).
Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Imamura, H. and G. Shinohara, 2003. Cocotropus keramaensis, a new species of the family Aploactinidae (Teleostei) from the Kerama Islands, southern Japan. Ichthyol. Res. 50(3):233-238. (Ref. 49352)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), 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
Resilience (Ref.
69278): .
Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100) .