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Cocotropus larvatus, Ghost velvetfish

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Cocotropus larvatus Poss & Allen, 1987

Ghost velvetfish
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Cocotropus larvatus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Aploactinidae (Velvetfishes)
Etymology: Cocotropus: Greek, kokkos = berry, seed + Greek, tropsis, tropo = turning (Ref. 45335); larvatus: From the ghost-like appearance and small size (larva = ghost).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 4 - 40 m (Ref. 34765). Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: East Andaman Sea and Christmas Island to Marshall Islands; north to Ryukyu Islands; south to Indonesia.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.1 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 49352)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 13; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9 - 10; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 8 - 9; Vértebra: 26 - 27.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits sand and rubble areas of seaward reefs (Ref. 34765). Minimum depth from Ref. 49352. Solitary and cryptic (Ref 90102).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Myers, R.F., 1999. Micronesian reef fishes. A comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 216 p. (Ref. 34765)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesquerías: sin interés
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 20.5 - 28.9, mean 27.8 °C (based on 402 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).


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