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Microdesmidae (Wormfishes) > Ptereleotrinae
Etymology: Oxymetopon: Greek, oxys = sharp + Greek, metopon = brow (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 15 - 40 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: eastern Sumatra and Gulf of Thailand to Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby region) and Australia (Low Isles, Queensland), northward to southern China and Ryukyu Islands.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 24.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 48637)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 6 - 7; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 30; Spine anali: 1; Raggi anali molli: 29.
Inhabits deep mud slopes subject to strong currents, usually in excess of 15 meters depth. Adults are solitary or in pairs while juveniles form small groups that resemble Ptereleotris when small (Ref. 48637).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve
Masuda, H. and G.R. Allen, 1993. Meeresfische der Welt - Groß-Indopazifische Region. Tetra Verlag, Herrenteich, Melle. 528 p. (Ref. 9137)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.9 - 28.9, mean 28 °C (based on 110 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [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): 3.6 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (19 of 100).