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Plesiops coeruleolineatus Rüppell, 1835

Crimsontip longfin
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New Caledonia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurrence in New Caledonia is based on a collection made in Ouvéa Atoll, Loyalty Islands (Ref. 13236). Museum: MNHN 1980-140, 1980-339, 1980-341. Nouméa, BPBM 28644 (Ref. 27772). Also Ref. 33390, 37816.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Mooi, R.D., 1995
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Common names from other countries

Coral devil, Red-tipped prettyfin, Rooipunt-langvin, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Plesiopidae (Roundheads) > Plesiopinae
Etymology: Plesiops: Greek, plesios = near + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335);  coeruleolineatus: Species name refers to the blue lines present in the dorsal and anal fins..
  More on author: Rüppell.

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

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 1 - 23 m (Ref. 9710), usually 3 - 23 m (Ref. 27115).   Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 130632); 30°N - 30°S

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Japan and Oceania.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 30874)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 10 - 12; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 6 - 8; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 8. Color variable; body generally black or brown; 2 dark stripes behind eye; dorsal spines orange distally; bluish stripe along basal part of dorsal fin (Ref. 5473).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Adults are found under stone or corals in flood basins and lagoons (Ref. 9137). They are common but very secretive and usually found when turning rubble pieces in pools (Ref. 48635). They venture out in the open at night to feed on small crustaceans, fishes and gastropods (Ref. 37816). Eggs are guarded by the male parent (Ref. 205). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 30874.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Eggs are guarded by the male parent (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Mooi, R.D., 1995. Revision, phylogeny, and discussion of biology and biogeography of the fish genus Plesiops (Perciformes: Plesiopsidae). Life Sci. Contrib. No. 159, 108 p. (Ref. 27772)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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