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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Calayan, CAS-SU 20690. Batangas, SU 32352; USNM uncat.. Panay Is., SU 51518. Dumaguete, SU 52466. Negros, SU 57654 (Ref. 27772).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Mooi, R.D., 1995
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Plesiopidae (Roundheads) > Plesiopinae
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Common names from other countries

Redspined devilfish, Ocellated prettyfin, 珊瑚七夕鱼, ... more

Main reference

Mooi, R.D. 1995. (Ref. 27772)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90102)

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 23 m (Ref. 9710), usually 1 - 10 m (Ref. 27115)

Climate / Range

Tropical; 24°C - 26°C (Ref. 27115), preferred ?; 32°N - 24°S

Distribution

Indo-Pacific: Madagascar to the Line Islands; north to southern Japan, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef and Tonga. Throughout Micronesia.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Coloration can vary from pale gray with black blotches and blue dots to an almost uniformly black except for the ever-present blue ocellus on the edge of its operculum.

Adults are benthic which occur inshore (Ref. 7300). Relatively common on reef flats, searching under rocks or in crevices for small fishes and crustaceans which serve as food (Ref. 1602). Common, but hidden in holes by day. They venture out to feed on small invertebrates and fishes at night (Ref. 9710). Apparently, gastropods form an important component of the diet as indicated by X-ray radiographs (Ref. 27772). Eggs are guarded by the male parent (Ref. 205). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 27115.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Aquarium: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.7 ±0.58 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Plesiops corallicola Bleeker, 1853