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Assiculus punctatus Richardson, 1846

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Pseudochromidae (Dottybacks) > Assiculinae
Etymology: Assiculus: Latin, axiculus, diminutive of axis = cart, wagon (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Richardson.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 30 m (Ref. 37748). Tropical

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Indo-Pacific: endemic to Western Australia and Queensland.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37748)

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Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 24; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 12 - 14; Vertebrae: 28 - 29. Head and body with small, bright blue spots. Uninterrupted lower lip at symphysis. Dorsal and anal rays mostly unbranched and segmented. Upper part of caudal fin with 4-5 procurrent rays and 9 principal rays; the lower part with 4-5 procurrent and 8 principal rays. Disjunct lateral line; anterodorsal series of 33-43 (usually 36-40) tubed scales extending from gill opening. Usually 19 or 20 circumpeduncular scales (Ref. 37748).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs inshore near reefs (Ref. 7300) and weed bed areas; usually in relatively silty waters at depths up to 30 m. A secretive species usually found at highly eroded limestone reef and rocks (Ref. 37748).

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Gill, A.C., 1999. Pseudochromidae. Dottybacks (eelblennies). p. 2557-2577. In Carpenter, K. E. and V. E. Niem. 1999. Species identification guide for fisheries purposes. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. : iii-v; 2069-2790. (Ref. 37748)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 July 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of potential interest; aquarium: potential
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.6 - 29.3, mean 28.2 °C (based on 1035 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 132 [78, 234] mg/100g; Iron = 0.876 [0.544, 1.390] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [17.9, 19.9] %; Omega3 = 0.176 [0.106, 0.283] g/100g; Selenium = 22.2 [11.9, 40.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 155 [55, 431] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.95 [1.35, 2.72] mg/100g (wet weight);