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Labrisomidae (Labrisomids)
Etymology: weigti: Named for Lee A. Weigt, Head of the Smithsonian’s Laboratories of Analytical Biology..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino bentopelágico, usually 6 - 8 m (Ref. 86414). Tropical
Distribución
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Atlantic Ocean: known only from Belize.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.4 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 86414); 1.9 cm (female)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 19 - 20; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 7 - 8; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 16 - 17; Vértebra: 31 - 33. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: presence of orbital cirrus; scaled belly; pale trunk (pale red in life), no distinct bars or other markings; when alive, lips peppered with white spots and lacrimal region with a row of small white spots; in preserved specimens, jaws usually with lightly scattered melanophores, without distinct banding or dark bars; scattered melanophores on entire gular region; total dorsal elements usually 27; total vertebrae usually 32; dorsal spines + anal soft rays + vertebrae modally 75 (Ref. 86414).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Baldwin, C.C., C.I. Castillo, L.A. Weigt and B.C. Victor, 2011. Seven new species within western Atlantic Starksia atlantica, S. lepicoelia, and S. sluiteri (Teleostei, Labrisomidae), with comments on congruence of DNA barcodes and species. ZooKeys 79:21-72. (Ref. 86414)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00196 - 0.01224), b=3.09 (2.87 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).