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(Ref. 127361) FB-GeneralDescr-7289 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Richard Winterbottom 1993-02-08 00:00:00 2023-04-27 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7289 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Common in tide pools and mangrove swamps (Ref. 637). Also seen in sand bottoms near reefs (Ref 90102). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-DiagnosticDescr-7289 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-08-30 00:00:00 2013-02-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7289 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Description: Characterized by pale grey to brownish color, grading to white ventrally; head length about 7-8 in TL; body depth 27-40 in TL; eye 8-12 in head length; dorsal fin closer to gill opening that to anus; dorsal and anal fins confluent with caudal fin; no pectoral fins; moderately pointed snout projecting slightly beyond lower jaw; rear margin of eye only slightly anterior to corner of mouth; small gill opening below midlateral position; teeth small and conical in narrow bands in jaws; biserial vomerine teeth, becoming uniserial posteriorly (Ref. 90102). Myers, R.F. 1989 Micronesian reef fishes: A practical guide to the identification of the inshore marine fishes of the tropical central and western Pacific. First Edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. FB-Morphology-7289 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-08-30 00:00:00 2013-02-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7289 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 0 Myers, R.F. 1989 Micronesian reef fishes: A practical guide to the identification of the inshore marine fishes of the tropical central and western Pacific. First Edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. FB-Distribution-7289 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-08 00:00:00 2023-01-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7289 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Society Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef. Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-TrophicStrategy-7289 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2018-04-12 00:00:00 2018-04-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public macroptera http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Common in tide pools and mangrove swamps (Ref. 637). Also seen in sand bottoms near reefs (Ref 90102). Masuda, H., C. Araga and T. Yoshino 1975 Coastal fishes of southern Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 382 p. (Ref. 637) FB-Size-7289 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Richard Winterbottom 1993-02-08 00:00:00 2023-04-27 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7289 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 27.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 127361)) Jiang, C., W. Wang, M. Wang and D. Pauly 2022 Length-weight relationships and other morphological traits of fishes in the mangrove of Hainan, China. Fishes 7(238):1-7. (Ref. 127361) 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-7289 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-02-08 00:00:00 2023-04-27 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7289 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 33 m (Ref. 1602) Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)