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Apistus shaula
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Apistidae (Wasp scorpionfishes)
Etymology: Apistus: Greek, apisto = uncertain (Ref. 45335); shaula: Named for the second brightest object in the constellation Scorpius; noun in apposition.
Etymology: Apistus: Greek, apisto = uncertain (Ref. 45335); shaula: Named for the second brightest object in the constellation Scorpius; noun in apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 40 - 42 m (Ref. 137862). Tropical
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Western Indian Ocean: northern Arabian Sea, off Oman.
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This specis is distinguished by the following set of characters: the inner surface of pectoral fin is white, scattered with numerous black spots; anterior dorsal-fin spines is relatively long, first spine 16.3-16.5% of SL, second spine 17.0-18.7% of SL ,third spine 16.9-19.9% of SL, fourth spine 18.8-21.3% of SL, and fifth spine 18.1-21.2% of SL, in large specimens greater than 9.5 cm SL (Ref. 137862).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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Matsunuma, M., Y.G. Seah and H. Motomura, 2024. Review of Apistus (Synanceiidae: Apistinae) with description of a new species from the Arabian Sea and taxonomic status of Apistus balnearum Ogilby 1910, a junior synonym of Apistops caloundra (De Vis 1886). Ichthyol. Res. 72(3):320-349. (Ref. 137862)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.8125 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.01175 (0.00445 - 0.03100), b=3.02 (2.80 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.6 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |