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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Luzon, CAS 30499. Sangihe Is., SU 30058. Palawan, SU 38947. Negros, SU 69028. Lingayen Gulf, LACM 42485-8. Siquijor Is., ROM 60203 - 60205, 55453. Batan, USNM 146449. Mindanao, USNM 273857. Cuyo Is., USNM 313023 (Ref. 27772). Also Ref. 48613.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Mooi, R.D., 1995
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Common names from other countries

Coral devil, Red-tipped prettyfin, Rooipunt-langvin, ... more

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Plesiopidae (Roundheads) > Plesiopinae
Etymology: Plesiops: Greek, plesios = near + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335); coeruleolineatus: Species name refers to the blue lines present in the dorsal and anal fins..
More on author: Rüppell.

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

marien rifbewoner; diepte 1 - 23 m (Ref. 9710), usually 3 - 23 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 130632); 30°N - 30°S

Verspreiding Landen | FAO regio's | Ecosystemen | Voorkomen | Point map | Introducties | Faunafri

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Japan and Oceania.

Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 30874)

Korte beschrijving Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie

Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 10 - 12; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 6 - 8; Anale stekels: 3; Anale zachte stralen: 8. Color variable; body generally black or brown; 2 dark stripes behind eye; dorsal spines orange distally; bluish stripe along basal part of dorsal fin (Ref. 5473).

Adults are found under stone or corals in flood basins and lagoons (Ref. 9137). They are common but very secretive and usually found when turning rubble pieces in pools (Ref. 48635). They venture out in the open at night to feed on small crustaceans, fishes and gastropods (Ref. 37816). Eggs are guarded by the male parent (Ref. 205). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 30874.

Levenscyclus en paargedrag Maturities | Voortplanting | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven

Eggs are guarded by the male parent (Ref. 205).

Hoofdreferentie Upload your references | Referenties | Coördinator | Medewerkers

Mooi, R.D., 1995. Revision, phylogeny, and discussion of biology and biogeography of the fish genus Plesiops (Perciformes: Plesiopsidae). Life Sci. Contrib. No. 159, 108 p. (Ref. 27772)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Niet bedreigd (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 August 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)