Meiacanthus fakfakensis Allen, Erdmann & Hidayat, 2024
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Blenniidae (Combtooth blennies) > Blenniinae
Etymology: Meiacanthus: Greek, meion = less = lessen + Greek, akantha = thorn (Ref. 45335); fakfakensis: Name 'fakfakensis' from the type locality of the new species, nearby town of Fakfak and the greater Fakfak Peninsula area.
Etymology: Meiacanthus: Greek, meion = less = lessen + Greek, akantha = thorn (Ref. 45335); fakfakensis: Name 'fakfakensis' from the type locality of the new species, nearby town of Fakfak and the greater Fakfak Peninsula area.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 6 m (Ref. 138626). Tropical
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Western Central Pacific: Indonesia.
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Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 25; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 12 - 14; Vertebrae: 31 - 32. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: dorsal-fin rays IV,23-25; anal-fin rays II,12-14; pectoral-fin rays 13; outer caudal rays of adult male elongated, 35.2-43.2% SL; inner caudal rays of both sexes relatively short and scarcely exerted beyond margin of interradial membranes, 20.8-23.4% SL; pelvic fins relatively short, 14.3-17.3 % SL in male and 12.2-12.9% SL in female; colour pattern consisting of three dark stripes on head and body with pale interspaces, uppermost interspace bright yellow in life; lowermost dark stripe terminating in one or more small, isolated dark spots or dash-like markings at caudal-fin base; fins plain translucent without markings except dorsal fin with broad dark, basal stripe and narrow dark, submarginal stripe; and maximum size generally under 40 mm SL (Ref. 138626).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
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Main reference
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Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann, 2024. Appendix: Descriptions of twenty-four new species of reef fishes from the East Indian region. pp. 1270-1367. In Reef Fishes of the East Indies (2nd ed., Vol. 3). Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 138626)
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Harmless
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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 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00575 (0.00258 - 0.01285), b=3.06 (2.86 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |