| Family: |
Aploactinidae (Velvetfishes) |
| Max. size: |
6.4 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia. Western Central Pacific: Queensland, Australia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Body gibbous; greatest depth 37-40% SL; covered with highly modified scales, each with a small spinous point. Interorbital ridges thick and fused in the middle of interorbit. Dorsal margin of operculum inclined about 35° above horizontal (Ref. 39602). |
| Biology: |
Found on soft bottomed inshore areas. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (120744)
|
| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
| Country info: |
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