FB-68054 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68054 Animalia Chordata Elasmobranchii Myliobatiformes Dasyatidae Urogymnus Urogymnus acanthobothrium Last, White & Kyne, 2016 Yellowfin seabream 2016-10-21 2019-10-07 Iwatsuki, Y. and P.C. Heemstra0 Redescriptions of Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger 1870) and P. lineopunctatus (Boulenger 1903), with two new species from Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4059(1):133-150. (Ref. 106993) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68063 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-10-24 00:00:00 2016-10-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68063 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: scale rows above lateral line 6.5 and between 5th dorsal-fin spine base and lateral line 5½; pored lateral line scales 52- 53; suborbital depth obviously less than the orbit diameter (OD), 72-75% (mean 74%) of OD; dorsal-fin rays are reddish pink with bright yellow margin, anal-fin rays pinkish; no obvious lines of blue spots on body, but usually a blue iridescence in each body scale around dorsal and lateral sides of body from some angles; yellow and red membranes only on upper and lower caudal-fin lobes, respectively (these 2 colors are strongly contrasted; somewhat deeper body, 39-43 (mean 41%) of SL; without bony bulge before and above eye; its caudal fin moderately forked (Ref. 106993). Iwatsuki, Y. and P.C. Heemstra 2015 Redescriptions of Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger 1870) and P. lineopunctatus (Boulenger 1903), with two new species from Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4059(1):133-150. (Ref. 106993) FB-Morphology-68063 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-10-24 00:00:00 2016-10-24 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68063 Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8 Iwatsuki, Y. and P.C. Heemstra 2015 Redescriptions of Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger 1870) and P. lineopunctatus (Boulenger 1903), with two new species from Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4059(1):133-150. (Ref. 106993) FB-Distribution-68063 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-10-24 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68063 Western Indian Ocean: Cargados Carajos and Mascarene Plateau, Nazareth Bank. Iwatsuki, Y. and P.C. Heemstra 2015 Redescriptions of Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger 1870) and P. lineopunctatus (Boulenger 1903), with two new species from Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4059(1):133-150. (Ref. 106993) FB-Size-68063 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-10-24 00:00:00 2016-10-24 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68063 26.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 106993)) Iwatsuki, Y. and P.C. Heemstra 2015 Redescriptions of Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger 1870) and P. lineopunctatus (Boulenger 1903), with two new species from Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4059(1):133-150. (Ref. 106993) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-68063 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2016-10-24 00:00:00 2016-10-24 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68063 reef-associated; marine; depth range 214 - 305 m (Ref. 106993) Iwatsuki, Y. and P.C. Heemstra 2015 Redescriptions of Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus (Klunzinger 1870) and P. lineopunctatus (Boulenger 1903), with two new species from Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4059(1):133-150. (Ref. 106993)