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Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Labrisomidae (Labrisomids)
Etymology: Paraclinus: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, klinein, kline = sloping and bed, due to the four apophyses of sphenoid bone (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Starks.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 25 m (Ref. 43114). Tropical

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Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 43114)

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Dorsal spines (total): 28 - 30; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 15 - 18. Dorsal fin typically with 29 spines followed by a segmented element. Opercular spine ending in a complex of 3-8 spines (in specimens > 16.6 mm SL). Anal fin typically with 17 soft rays (Ref. 43114).

Inhabits clear water, on reefs heavily covered by algae. Usually from shallow environments, but reported from depths of 14 to 23 m (Ref. 43114).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Collaborators

Guimarães, R.Z.P. and A.C.L.H. de Bacellar, 2002. Review of the Brazilian species of Paraclinus (Teleostei: Labrisomidae), with descriptions of two new species and revalidation of Paraclinus rubicundus (Starks). Copeia 2002(2):419-427. (Ref. 43114)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Paraclinus rubicundus (Starks, 1913)