FB-67440 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67440 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Beryciformes Melamphaidae Melamphaes Melamphaes occlusus Kotlyar, 2012 2014-08-04 2024-08-19 Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen0 Revisions of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579:1-36. (Ref. 93007) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67449 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-08-13 00:00:00 2014-08-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67449 This species is distinguished from its congeners in having a broken brown stripe between eye and hind margin of opercle (except for S. hawaii), vertebrae, precaudal 21 and total 53; mature at a very small SL (3.6 cm); also with a pair of free spines on frontal above and behind eyes, a large median sub-dermal ethmoidal spine in front of eyes with forward pointed tip; lower angle of preopercle with antero-ventrally directed spine; skin thin and transparent; scales present on sides of body; anterior arch with 3 long gill rakers, 4-5 times the length of gill filaments; 1-2 rows of palatine teeth; pectoral peduncle longer than high; fin rays, D 85, A 52 and pectoral 18; otolith length to height 9; otolith length to colliculum length 3.1; sulcus without anterior projection (Ref. 93007). Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen 2012 Revisions of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579:1-36. (Ref. 93007) FB-Morphology-67449 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-08-13 00:00:00 2014-08-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67449 Dorsal soft rays (total): 80 - 85; Analsoft rays: 52; Vertebrae: 53 Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen 2012 Revisions of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579:1-36. (Ref. 93007) FB-Distribution-67449 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-08-13 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=67449 Eastern Indian Ocean: Australia. Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen 2012 Revisions of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579:1-36. (Ref. 93007) FB-Size-67449 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-08-13 00:00:00 2014-08-13 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67449 3.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 93007)) Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen 2012 Revisions of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579:1-36. (Ref. 93007) 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-67449 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-08-13 00:00:00 2014-08-13 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67449 bathydemersal; marine; depth range ? - 258 m (Ref. 93007) Nielsen, J.G., W. Schwarzhans and D.M. Cohen 2012 Revisions of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3579:1-36. (Ref. 93007)