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Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies) > Blenniinae						
							
							Etymology: Adelotremus: Name from Greek 'adelos' meaning concealed and 'trema' for hole, referring to the discovery of this fish hiding in a calcareous polychaete tube; deloachi: Named for Ned DeLoach, in recognition and appreciation of his books, magazine articles and photographs that celebrate the beauty and diversity of reef fishes.
Eponymy: Ned DeLoach (d: 1944) graduated from Texas Tech University (1967) and moved to Florida to take up diving and underwater photography. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
						
					
				
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						Ecology					
				
				
				
					Marine;  pelagic-neritic; depth range 10 - 17 m (Ref. 117352). Tropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
					Distribution					
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					Western Pacific: Indonesia.
				
				
			
			
				
					Size / Weight / Age
				
				
				
					Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 3.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 117352); 2.9 cm SL (female)				
				 
			
			
						
				
					Short description					
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					Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 19; Vertebrae: 35. This species is distinguished from A. leptus by the following characters: D X  (vs. IX); vertebrae 12 + 23 (vs. 13 + 19); mid-dorsal supratemporal pores 2  (vs. 1); males with a conspicuous blue ocellus between dorsal-fin spines, absent in females (Ref. 117352).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Occurs on sandy bottom; sticks halfway out of holes and when spooked, disappears down into its hole (Ref. 117352). Caught by hand net or clove oil (Ref. 117352).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Smith-Vaniz, W.F., 2017. A new species of the fangblenny Adelotremus from Indonesia, with supplemental description of A. leptus (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini). Zootaxa 4258(2):179-186. (Ref. 117352)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
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					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Ref. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00575 (0.00253 - 0.01308), b=3.06 (2.86 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (Ref. 
69278):  3.2   ±0.4 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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