Papua New Guinea country information

Common names: Slender mouth almighty
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known only from 11 specimens collected from Bensbach and middle Fly rivers. Also Ref. 6192, 13533.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pp.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/PNG/png.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R., 1991
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新畿内亚舌天竺鲷, 新畿內亞舌天竺鯛, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Kurtiformes (Nurseryfishes, cardinalfishes.) > Apogonidae (Cardinalfishes) > Apogoninae
Etymology: Glossamia: Greek, glossa = tongue + Greek, amia = a kind of fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Roberts.

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

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical; 6°S - 9°S

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Oceania: known only from Bensbach and middle Fly rivers in Papua New Guinea.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2847)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10

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Are mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).

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Allen, G.R., 1991. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of New Guinea. Publication, no. 9. 268 p. Christensen Research Institute, Madang, Papua New Guinea. (Ref. 2847)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(iii)); Date assessed: 03 December 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5005 [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): 3.4 ±0.3 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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