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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Ophidiiformes (Cusk eels) > Bythitidae (Viviparous brotulas) > Bythitinae
Etymology: Parasaccogaster: Name refers to the similarity to Saccogaster.. More on author: Cohen, Nielsen.

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Marine; demersal; depth range 80 - 150 m (Ref. 93007). Tropical, preferred ?

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Southeast Pacific: off Peru to Costa Rica.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.2 cm (female)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 83-87; Anal soft rays: 51 - 54; Vertebrae: 54 - 56. This species is distinguished from it congeners by the following characters: gill filaments on anterior arch is 4-5 times the length of the developed rakers; a pair of very small, subdermal, closely set spines on frontal plate above and behind eyes, absence of spine on ethmoid; anterior arch with 2-3 developed rakers, not much longer than spiny knobs; gill filaments on anterior arch 4-5 times length of developed rakers; palatines 2-4 tooth rows; prolonged pectoral peduncle adnate to body; vertebrae, precaudal 14-16 and total 54-56; fin rays, D 83-87, A 51-54, caudal 12-13, pectoral 17-19 (Ref. 93007).

Rare species, known from two specimens (Ref. 34024). A viviparous species living on the lower part of the continental shelf (80-150 m). Four examined female specimens are with well-developed eggs but apparently no embryos. Sections of ripe testes show that the spermatozoans are arranged in spermatophores (Ref. 93007).

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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. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Fisheries: of no interest

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Parasaccogaster normae (Cohen & Nielsen, 1972)