FB-68225 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68225 Animalia Chordata Elasmobranchii Torpediniformes Platyrhinidae Platyrhina Platyrhina psomadakisi White & Last, 2016 Arabian blue-striped snapper Lutjanus bengalensis (non Bloch, 1790) 2017-05-25 2017-06-09 Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194) Iwatsuki, Y., J.M. Al-Mamry and P.C. Heemstra0 Validity of a blue stripe snapper, <i>Lutjanus octolineatus</i> (Cuvier 1828) and a related species, <i>L. bengalensis</i> (Bloch 1790) with a new species (Pisces; Lutjanidae) from the Arabian Sea. Zootaxa 4098(3):511-528. (Ref. 110188) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68234 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-06-05 00:00:00 2017-06-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68234 This species is distinguished by the following characters: D XI, 13; A III, 8; pectoral fin 17; lateral-line scales 47-49: horizontal scale rows above lateral line 5 or 6; scale rows above lateral line rising obliquely toward dorsal profile; predorsal scales extending forward just above anterior edge of orbit; scale rows on cheek 6 or 7, no subocular extension of smaller scales; subocular extension of cheek scales irregularly present in 1 or 2 row(s) anteriorly and 3 or 4 rows posteriorly below eye, respecitvely; gill-rakers on first arch 8 or 9 + 18 or 19 = 26?28; tongue smooth, toothless; preopercular notch developed just above angle;interopercular knob inconspicuous; belly with white with yellow spot on each scale forming narrow, longitudinal, yellow lines; dark-edged blue stripes 4, the first blue stripe almost running from above posterior nostril to the tenth dorsal fin spine base; third stripe just from upper rear edge of eye, through upper part of opercle, tapering posteriorly and extending to upper part of caudal peduncle below last soft dorsal-ray base; fourth blue stripe from just above midpoint of lower jaw, below eye and continuing through opercle, above upper pectoral-fin base tocaudal peduncle (Ref. 110188). Iwatsuki, Y., J.M. Al-Mamry and P.C. Heemstra 2016 Validity of a blue stripe snapper, <i>Lutjanus octolineatus</i> (Cuvier 1828) and a related species, <i>L. bengalensis</i> (Bloch 1790) with a new species (Pisces; Lutjanidae) from the Arabian Sea. Zootaxa 4098(3):511-528. (Ref. 110188) FB-Morphology-68234 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-06-05 00:00:00 2017-06-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68234 Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8 Iwatsuki, Y., J.M. Al-Mamry and P.C. Heemstra 2016 Validity of a blue stripe snapper, <i>Lutjanus octolineatus</i> (Cuvier 1828) and a related species, <i>L. bengalensis</i> (Bloch 1790) with a new species (Pisces; Lutjanidae) from the Arabian Sea. Zootaxa 4098(3):511-528. (Ref. 110188) FB-Distribution-68234 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-06-05 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=68234 Western Indian Ocean: apparently confined to the Middle East; currently known only from Somalia and Oman; possibly to southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Iwatsuki, Y., J.M. Al-Mamry and P.C. Heemstra 2016 Validity of a blue stripe snapper, <i>Lutjanus octolineatus</i> (Cuvier 1828) and a related species, <i>L. bengalensis</i> (Bloch 1790) with a new species (Pisces; Lutjanidae) from the Arabian Sea. Zootaxa 4098(3):511-528. (Ref. 110188) FB-Size-68234 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-06-05 00:00:00 2017-06-05 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68234 15.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 110188)) Iwatsuki, Y., J.M. Al-Mamry and P.C. Heemstra 2016 Validity of a blue stripe snapper, <i>Lutjanus octolineatus</i> (Cuvier 1828) and a related species, <i>L. bengalensis</i> (Bloch 1790) with a new species (Pisces; Lutjanidae) from the Arabian Sea. Zootaxa 4098(3):511-528. (Ref. 110188) 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-68234 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2017-06-05 00:00:00 2017-06-05 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68234 reef-associated; marine