Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: mainly from the southern coasts of India; a single record from Singapore.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 42788)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 2;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 16-20;
Anal
soft rays: 17 - 18;
Vertebrae: 26. Canary yellow with buffer brown markings along sides, enclosing pure white round or oval spots; some spots of same white color on pectoral and dorsal fins; dark bar across caudal and pectoral fins. Posterior nostril diagonally or longitudinally elongated (Ref. 42788).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Pietsch, T.W., 1989. Phylogenetic relationships of trachinoid fishes of the family Uranoscopidae. Copeia 1989(2):253-303. (Ref. 36968)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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