| Family: |
Aploactinidae (Velvetfishes) |
| Max. size: |
4.2 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; marine; depth range 10 - 20 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Pacific: Vietnam. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 13-14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 26-26. This species is distinguished by the following characters: Dorsal fin with usually 13 spiny rays, 10 soft rays, with the anterior 4 spines forming a separate lobe; A II,8; P 13; vertebrae 26, with 4 praeopecular spines; vomer with teeth; presence of developed papillae on cheeks, lower surface of the head and on the maxillare plate; isthmus whose apex, by far, does not reach the level of the fifth mandibular pore. This species is represented by a dark morph and a light morph (Ref. 86262). |
| Biology: |
This species, by all probability, keeps at gravel sites at the boundary of the coral reef and of sands on coral banks (Ref. 86262). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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