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Bythitidae (Livebearing brotulas)
Etymology: Saccogaster: Latin, sacculus = small bag + Greek, gaster = stomach (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Cohen & Nielsen.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 500 m (Ref. 34024). Deep-water
Southwest Atlantic: off the coast of Brazil, south of Rio de Janeiro.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.8 cm SL (female)
Dorsal soft rays (total): 91; Anal soft rays: 64; Vertebrae: 54. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: 5-6 developed rakers on anterior gill arch; spineless frontal plate and ethmoid; thin and transparent skin; below the translucent head skin are numerous neuromasts arranged in five distinct clusters; no scales; 3 developed rakers on anterior gill arch are 3-4 times length of gill filaments; palatines with a row of teeth; lower angle of preoperculum with antero-ventrally directed spine; pectoral peduncle prolonged; vertebrae, precaudal 16, total 54; fin rays, D 91, Al 64 and pectoral 14 (Ref. 93007).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Rare species, known from a single specimen (Ref. 34024).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen, 2012. Revisions of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579:1-36. (Ref. 93007)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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