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Odontobutidae (Freshwater sleepers)
Etymology: hikimius: Named for the group name "Hikimi" that Sakai et al., 1998, used for one of the species groups of O. obscura.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Boreal, preferred ?
Asia: Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41509); 15.5 cm SL (female)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 8;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 9;
Anal
spines: 1;
Anal
soft rays: 7;
Vertebrae: 32 - 33. Connection present between lower end of transverse sensory papillae row (papillae group 17) and lower part of longitudinal sensory papillae row (papillae group 19) on opercle, separate in all congeners. Upper and lower branched caudal fin rays 8 + 7 (7-8 +6-8); upper and lower segmented caudal fin rays 9 + 8 (9-10+8). Head depressed. Mouth large, obliquely upwards (Ref. 41509).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Iwata, A. and H. Sakai, 2002. Odontobutis hikimius n. sp.: a new freshwater goby from Japan, with a key to species of the genus. Copeia 2002(1):104-110. (Ref. 41509)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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