FB-67395 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67395 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cyprinodontiformes Aphaniidae Aphaniops Aphaniops furcatus (Teimori, Esmaeili, Erpenbeck & Reichenbacher, 2014) 2014-06-27 2022-06-29 Sparks, J.S. and D.F. Gruber0 A new mesophotic clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Bahamas. Copeia 2012(2):251-256. (Ref. 91048) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-GeneralDescr-67404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-07-03 00:00:00 2014-07-07 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67404 Apparently closely associated with deep reefs, not straying far from the safety of a coral head (Ref. 91048). Sparks, J.S. and D.F. Gruber 2012 A new mesophotic clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Bahamas. Copeia 2012(2):251-256. (Ref. 91048) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-07-03 00:00:00 2014-07-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67404 This species is distinguished from its congeners (and all other Bahamian gobiesocids) by the following characters: bright orangish-red coloration, yellow head, a prominent black oval patch on the caudal peduncle; pattern of papillae in disk region C; anteriorly, 2 distinct medial clusters, each comprising 8-9 closely arrayed papillae, and a single papilla anterior of each cluster, are present (vs. 2-5 papillae in each central cluster and 4-5 papillae arranged in a distinct crescent posterolaterally); posteriorly, papillae in disk region C are in a crescent pattern with a single additional papilla dorsal to its midpoint (vs. papillae in an inverted V-shaped pattern in D. nanus, D. altifrons, D. kremnobates; clumped in D. vittager); posterior margin of disk region B in the new species is strongly convex (vs. straight to weakly convex) with the rows of papillae arranged serially in a semi-circular pattern forming concentric crescents (vs. rows more or less straight); possess a total of 47 pectoral-fin rays (Ref. 91048). Sparks, J.S. and D.F. Gruber 2012 A new mesophotic clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Bahamas. Copeia 2012(2):251-256. (Ref. 91048) FB-Morphology-67404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-07-03 00:00:00 2014-07-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67404 Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Analsoft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 25 Sparks, J.S. and D.F. Gruber 2012 A new mesophotic clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Bahamas. Copeia 2012(2):251-256. (Ref. 91048) FB-Distribution-67404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-07-03 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67404 Western Atlantic: Bahamas. Sparks, J.S. and D.F. Gruber 2012 A new mesophotic clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Bahamas. Copeia 2012(2):251-256. (Ref. 91048) FB-Size-67404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-07-03 00:00:00 2014-07-07 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67404 1.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 91048)) Sparks, J.S. and D.F. Gruber 2012 A new mesophotic clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Bahamas. Copeia 2012(2):251-256. (Ref. 91048) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-67404 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-07-03 00:00:00 2014-07-07 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67404 reef-associated; marine