| Family: |
Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes), subfamily: Pteroinae |
| Max. size: |
14.353 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 440 m |
| Distribution: |
Indo-West Pacific: from India to northern Australia (Timor Sea); north to southern Japan; eastwards to Wallis and Futuna Islands. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 6-6. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: D XIII, 10 (rarely XIII, 11); pectoral-fin rays 17-19 (modally 18); scales below lateral line 11-15 (13); body depth at anal-fin origin 26.0-32.8 (mean 30.2) % SL; head width 12.6-15.6 (14.4) % SL; postorbital length 15.4-20.0 (18.1) % SL; longest dorsal-fin spine length 42.9-51.7 (47.8) % SL; caudal-peduncle depth 9.9-11.9 (11.0) % SL; pectoral fin with 14-28 relatively large (subequal to pupil diameter) black blotches on membrane, several bands on the posterior portion of rays (not attached to membrane); several narrow to wide vertical bands laterally on body and caudal peduncle; the area of ctenoid scales on body is relatively small (usually dorsolateral region only at ca. 90 mm SL, sometimes extending below lateral line onto ventrolateral region, and on pectoral-fin base and laterally on caudal peduncle in adults greater than 80 mm SL (Ref. 101439). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 05 March 2015 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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