Marine
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Pharopteryx melas (Bleeker, 1849) |
| synonym | Pharopteryx semeion (Tanaka, 1917) |
| synonym | Plesiops caeruleolineatus Rüppell, 1835 |
| synonym | Plesiops corallicola (non Bleeker, 1853) |
| synonym | Plesiops melas Bleeker, 1849 |
| synonym | Plesiops nigricans (non Rüppell, 1828) |
| synonym | Plesiops nigricans apoda Kner, 1868 |
| synonym | Plesiops semeion Tanaka, 1917 |
| synonym | Plesiops welas Bleeker, 1849 |
| synonym | Pseudochromichthys riukianus Schmidt, 1931 |
🗒 Common Names
| Divehi; Dhivehi; Maldivian |
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📚 Overview
Brief
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diagnostic Keys
Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 8; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Description
Color variable; body generally black or brown; 2 dark stripes behind eye; dorsal spines orange distally; bluish stripe along basal part of dorsal fin .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Size
Max Length
10 TL (unsexed)
Size
10.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; )
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Trophic Strategy
Found under stone or corals in floodbasins and lagoons . Also Ref. 58534.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 23 m , usually 3 - 23 m
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Remark
Found in coastal waters and the Laccadives
Occurrence
native
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Japan and Oceania.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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No Data
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013).
| Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=8005, version (12/2013). |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Information Listing
References
Overview > Diagnostic > Diagnostic Keys
- Smith, M.M. 1986 Family Plesiopidae. p. 542-543. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths" sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Overview > Diagnostic > Description
- Smith, M.M. 1986 Family Plesiopidae. p. 542-543. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths" sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Natural History > Size
- Allen, G.R. and R.C. Steene 1988 Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island Natural History Association, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, 6798, Australia. 197 p.
Natural History > Trophic Strategy
- Sano, M., M. Shimizu and Y. Nose 1984 Food habits of teleostean reef fishes in Okinawa Island, southern Japan. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, Japan. 128 p.
Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
- Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. Baensch, H.A. and H. Debelius 1997 Meerwasser atlas. Mergus Verlag GmbH, Postfach 86, 49302, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. 3rd edition.
Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
- Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley 1989 Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p.
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
Uses and Management > Uses
- Baensch, H.A. and H. Debelius 1997 Meerwasser atlas. Mergus Verlag GmbH, Postfach 86, 49302, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. 3rd edition.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Actinopterygii |
| Order | Perciformes |
| Family | Plesiopidae |
| Genus | Plesiops |
| Species | Plesiops coeruleolineatus Rüppell 1835 |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
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