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More on authors: Smith & Radcliffe.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 2 - 15 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical
Western Pacific.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.7 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. Color in life hyaline pearl; a brownish -red stripe from snout to eye, another from eye to throat, another across nape and 3 downward from base of spinous dorsal (more or less olivaceous). Spinous dorsal and pelvic fins mottled finely with brownish; other fins without (Ref. 11356).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
The 4.7 cm SL holotype found with nearly ripe eggs (Ref. 11356). Solitary among Sinularia soft corals (Ref 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
Radcliffe, L., 1912. Descriptions of fifteen new fishes of the family Cheilodipteridae, from the Philippine Islands and contiguous waters. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 41(1868):431-446. (Ref. 11356)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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