Diagnostic Description
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Reddish-scarlet body; all fins deep reddish; 2 dusky, narrow stripes (reddish-brown in life), dorso- and midlateral. Upper part of first dorsal blackish; a small black spot between second dorsal spine and pectoral fin base. Center of caudal fin base with a black spot as large as pupil or slightly larger. Five predorsal scales. Preopercular ridge entire, weakly serrated edge. Body depth 2.5-2.6 in SL (Ref. 31450).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Life Cycle
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Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 24
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
分布
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分布於西北太平洋區,包括台灣南部及日本琉球海域。台灣南部海域分布於墾丁至小琉球一帶。
利用
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通常以下雜魚處理,用作魚飼料,有時會曬成小魚乾自家食用,並無任何經濟價值。
描述
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體長圓而側扁。頭大。吻長。眼大。主上頜骨長度可達眼睛中央的下方。齒絨毛狀,前鰓蓋稍呈鋸齒。第一背鰭之第I棘即是最短的硬棘,其長度約為第II硬棘的1/4,而第II硬棘約為第III硬棘的1/2-1/3;第IV硬棘最長,但其長度較眼徑和吻長的總和為短。胸鰭長,超越臀鰭的起端。D.
VII-I,9;A. II,8;P. 14;Pred. S. 5;Ll. 25-26;Tr. 2/7;GR.
(1-3)4+1+(14- 15);HL. 2.48-2.60;BD. 2.54-2.66 in SL;ED.
3.10-3.20;SnL. 4.58-4.85,IS. 5.32-5.54 all in
HL。體棕色,體側具兩條水平狹帶,中間一條從眼上方到尾柄,上方一條自吻端向後延伸,僅到第二背鰭下方止。尾柄中央有和瞳孔大小相當之黑點。
棲地
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主要棲息於面海側的礁石區,從礁盤的外緣至深達100公尺處。白天停留在岩礁下方或洞穴內,晚上則外出覓食多毛類以及其它小型底棲無脊椎動物。