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Thymichthys verrucosus, Warty handfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Lophiiformes
(Anglerfishes) >
Brachionichthyidae
(Handfishes)
Etymology:
Thymichthys:
Greek thymos (warty excrescence) and Greek ichthys (fish) in allusion to the warty protuberances on the skin of these handfishes
;
verrucosus:
Name presumably based on the Latin 'verrucosus' meaning full of warts, referring to the obvious warty nature of its skin (Ref.
82446
)
.
More on authors:
McCulloch
&
Waite
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Temperate
Eastern Indian Ocean: known only from South Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
82446
)
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This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: esca is variable in size, length 23-57% (mean 37%) of illicium length (including esca); short to moderately elongate illicium, not thick and fleshy, without dermal spinules, length 15-27% SL, 1.9-3.4 times in head length, its base adjacent upper jaw (pre-illicial length 1.2-3.2% SL); small eye, its diameter 4.8-7.1 times in head length; body is usually densely covered with prominent, close-set, globular or fleshy warts; skin with small, widely spaced, embedded, spiny scales and variably developed dermal flaps; unicuspid or bicuspid spinules, prostrate, their tips embedded or barely visible); second dorsal-fin rays 14-18 (mainly 16-17), fin base length 60-73 (mean 66)% SL; length of second dorsal-fin spine 1.1-1.6 times length of longest ray of second dorsal fin; anal-fin rays 6-9; pectoral-fin rays usually 8; body brownish with lighter and darker blotches and spots; blackish bar on caudal peduncle and caudal-fin base that extends onto hind parts of dorsal and anal fins (Ref.
82446
).
A benthic species (Ref.
75154
) which occurs in inshore waters (Ref.
7300
,
75154
) of the continental shelf (Ref.
75154
).
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Last, P. and D.C. Gledhill
, 2009. A revision of the Australian handfishes (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with descriptions of three new genera and nine new species. Zootaxa 2252:1-77. (Ref.
82446
)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref.
130435
)
Data deficient (DD)
; Date assessed:
01 May 2018
CITES
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
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Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 1.0001 [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
): 3.7 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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