Trichonotus cyclograptus, Bengal sand diver

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Trichonotus cyclograptus (Alcock, 1890)

Bengal sand diver
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Trichonotidae (Sanddivers)
Etymology: Trichonotus: Greek, thrix = hair + Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Alcock.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 18 - 23 m (Ref. 93824). Tropical

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Eastern Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 93824)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 45-46; Anal soft rays: 37 - 38; Vertebrae: 53. This species is distinguished from other congeners in having the following set of characters: elongated dorsal-fin spines in males absent; D IV,45-46; A 37-38; lateral-line scales 57-59; free dorsal pterygiophores 2; gill rakers 6+23; in males body markings 12; median predorsal-fin scales 10; interorbital width 43.7% of eye diameter; small abdominal scales (Ref. 93824).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on sandy bottoms (Ref. 93824).

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Katayama, E., H. Motomura and H. Endo, 2012. A new species of Trichonotus (Perciformes: Trichonotidae) from Somalia and redescription of Trichonotus cyclograptus (Alcock, 1890) with designation of a lectotype. Zootaxa 3565:31-43. (Ref. 93824)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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