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Leiognathidae (Slimys, slipmouths, or ponyfishes) > Gazzinae
Etymology: kupanensis: Named for its type locality, Kupang, Timor, Indonesia.
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Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic. Tropical
Distribution
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Western Pacific: Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75583)
Short description
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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 14. This species belonging to the Leiognathus splendens complex is distinguished by the following characters: no scales on cheek; anterior dorsolateral body surface widely naked; lower margin of inner preopercular ridge smooth; no scales on interspace of pelvic keels; weak second spines of dorsal and anal fins (widths of dorsal and anal spines 0.72-1.2% SL and 0.60-0.91% SL, respectively); dark blotch on dorsal fin rather pale, grayish (Ref. 75583).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kimura, S., T. Ito, T. Peristiwady, Y. Iwatsuki, T. Yoshino and P.N. Dunlap, 2005. The Leiognathus splendens complex (Perciformes: Leignothidae) with the description of a new species, Leiognathus kupanensis kimura and Peristiwady. Ichthyol. Res. 52 (3):275-291. (Ref. 75583)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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