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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurrence in New Caledonia is based on a collection made in Ouvéa Atoll, Loyalty Islands (Ref. 13236). Museum: MNHN 1980-140, 1980-339, 1980-341. Nouméa, BPBM 28644 (Ref. 27772). Also Ref. 33390, 37816.
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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

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > 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 Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 23 m (Ref. 9710), usually 3 - 23 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 130632); 30°N - 30°S

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

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30874)

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Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 8; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 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.

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

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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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 August 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.8 - 29, mean 27.8 (based on 954 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00468 (0.00177 - 0.01234), b=3.18 (2.95 - 3.41), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Plesiops coeruleolineatus Rüppell, 1835