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Iniistius bakunawa Sorgon, Tea, Meren & Nañola, 2023

Eclipse-spot razor wrasse
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Common names: Eclipse-spot razor wrasse
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Iniistius bakunawa, purchased from public fish market in Loay, Bohol. Collected from artisanal fish markets in Panay, Cebu, Bohol and Jolo (Ref. 129132). Photographed from Dauin-Apo I. (Ref. 129519).
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Main Ref: Sorgon, K.E.S., Y.-K. Tea, J.C. Meren and C.L. Nañola Jr., 2023
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses) > Xyrichtyinae
Etymology: Iniistius: Latin, in = in + Greek, istion = sail;  bakunawa: Species epithet named after 'Bakunawa', a serpentine figure in Visayan mythology believed to have caused an eclipse by devouring the moon (Ref. 129132).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 54 - 57 m (Ref. 129132).   Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: Philippines & western Australia

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 129132)

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This species can be distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: 7 horizontal rows of scales on cheek; GR: 4-6 + 8-11 = 12-17; gill rakers short, bearing teeth; and tubed lateral line scales 23-26; 2 scales dorsoanteriorly on opercle. Colouration: Head and body pale yellowish to jade green with a large black and white concentric ellipsoid ocellus on the posteriormost edge of its dorsal fin.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Sorgon, K.E.S., Y.-K. Tea, J.C. Meren and C.L. Nañola Jr., 2023. Iniistius bakunawa, a new species of razor wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae) from the Philippines and Western Australia. Raffles Bull. Zool. 71:511-519. (Ref. 129132)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).