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Propherallodus smithi (Briggs, 1955)
Mini-clingfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes) > Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Diademichthyinae
Etymology: Propherallodus: Greek, pro = first, in front of + Greek, allos = other + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr James Leonard Brierley Smith (1897–1968) was a South African chemist and ichthyologist most famous for identifying a stuffed fish as a coelacanth, then thought to have been extinct for millions of years. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Briggs.
Etymology: Propherallodus: Greek, pro = first, in front of + Greek, allos = other + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr James Leonard Brierley Smith (1897–1968) was a South African chemist and ichthyologist most famous for identifying a stuffed fish as a coelacanth, then thought to have been extinct for millions of years. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Briggs.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal. Subtropical
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
West Indian Ocean: South Africa.
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 6; Vertebrae: 31. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: D 8; A 6; pectoral-fin rays 23; vertebrae 31; large head and disc, of lengths 37.0 and 27.0% SL, respectively; in lateral view, upper end of the gill membrane level with the 5th pectoral-fin ray base; caudal-peduncle depth 1.3 times in length, and the posterior nostril located directly above the anterior margin of the eye (Ref. 137549).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: circular.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: circular.
Known from only one specimen.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Fujiwara, K. and H. Motomura, 2018. A new species, Propherallodus longipterus, from the Philippines and redescription of P. briggsi Shiogaki and Dotsu 1983 (Gobiesocidae: Diplocrepinae). Ichthyol. Res. 66(1):35-48. (Ref. 137549)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 19 July 2017
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD50 = 0.6250 [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): 3.1 ±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.).