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Common names: Blacktail triplefin
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also in Ref. 52308, 90102. Museum: White Beach, past Mahatae, Batan Is., Batanes, USNM 298405 (holotype, 3.97 cm SL, male); AMS I.29427-001; ANSP 164964; BPBM 32855. Balugan Bay, near Desquid Pt., Batan Is., USNM 293945. Itbayat I., USNM 298400 (Ref. 27223). Batanes Islands (Ref. 95023).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Williams, J.T. and C.J. McCormick, 1990
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Tripterygiidae (Triplefin blennies) > Tripterygiinae
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Common names from other countries

Blacktail triplefin, 鵰弯线鳚, 鵰彎線鳚, ... more

Main reference

Williams, J.T. and C.J. McCormick. 1990. (Ref. 9849)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 4.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95023); 3.3 cm SL (female)

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 6 m (Ref. 27223)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?

Distribution

Western Central Pacific: Japan, Philippines and Guam.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 19 - 20; Vertebrae: 37. Distinguished by the following characters: 5-8 symphyseal mandibular sensory pores; second dorsal fin spines XIII-XIV; last pleural ribs on vertebral centrum 11, vertebrae 11+ 26 = 37; nape naked (Ref. 9849); black lower half of head; bright blue stripe extending from anterior part of upper lip to preopercular margin through ventral margin of orbit; dorsal fins black distally; central part of pectoral fin base black; entire caudal fin black (Ref. 95023).

Adults are found among rocky boulders and in surge channels to a depth of about 6 m (Ref. 9849). Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240). Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

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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)
3.1 ±0.3 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Helcogramma aquila Williams & McCormick, 1990