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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Two male specimens from Luzon were found located at the Osaka Museum of Natural History, OMNH P21354, 7.8 cm SL and OMNH P32475, 6.0 cm SL, that had been identified as Ptereleotris sp. (Ref. 75638).
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Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Randall, J.E. and T. Suzuki, 2008
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Microdesmidae (Wormfishes) > Ptereleotrinae
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL

Common names from other countries

Flag-tail dart-goby, 尾纹鳍塘鳢, 尾紋鰭塘鱧, ... more

Main reference

Randall, J.E. and D.F. Hoese. 1985. (Ref. 528)
References | Biblio | Coordinator : Randall, John E. | Collaborators

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 10.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 48637)

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 18 - 40 m (Ref. 90102)

Climate / Range

Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 27115), preferred ?; 0°S - 15°S

Distribution

Western Central Pacific: Indonesia to the Solomon Islands and Australia.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 24; Vertebrae: 26. Pale bluish in life. Chin with a median longitudinal fold. Scales tiny, closely packed, non imbricate except posteriorly on caudal peduncle. 1st dorsal higher than 2nd fin; rays of 3rd to 5th spines very long and filamentous. Pale markings on head. Named uroditaenia (Greek) in reference to the 2 dark bands on the caudal fin.

Inhabits protected sand and rubble bottoms (Ref. 9710). Solitary or in small groups (Ref. 90102). Usually away from reefs at moderate depth (Ref. 48637).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

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)
3.4 ±0.4 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

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

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Ptereleotris uroditaenia Randall & Hoese, 1985