Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 2 - 15 m (Ref. 528). Subtropical; 32°N - 25°N
Western Indian Ocean: northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.2 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 528)
Descrição suscinta
Morfologia | Morfometria
Espinhos dorsais (total): 7; Raios dorsais (total): 26-29; Espinhos anais 1; Raios anais : 25 - 28; Vértebras: 26. Pale grayish blue when fresh; white abdomen and thorax; opercle with 2 irregular blue bands; side of snout with a diagonal blue band, ending at upper edge of orbit. Iris silvery white, upper and lower edges broadly bright blue. Chin barbel followed by a median longitudinal fold. Scales tiny, embedded and non imbricate. Caudal fin with 3rd and 11th branched rays greatly prolonged as filaments; 1st dorsal fin lower than 2nd; short pelvic fins. Named arabica in reference to known localities.
Takes refuge in burrows occupied by symbiotic alpheids and gobies of the genera Amblyeleotris and Cryptocentrus (https://www.oceandocs.org/handle/1834/10331?locale-attribute=ru)..
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Randall, J.E. and D.F. Hoese, 1985. Revision of the Indo-Pacific dartfishes, genus Ptereleotris (Perciformes: Gobioidei). Indo-Pac. Fish. (7):36 p. (Ref. 528)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
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