FB-67632 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67632 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Serrasalmidae Utiaritichthys Utiaritichthys esguiceroi Pereira & Castro, 2014 Malacoctenus africanus (non Cadenat, 1951) Malacoctenus n. sp. Not applicable 2015-02-27 2021-10-25 Wirtz, P., A. Brito, J.M. Falcón, R. Freitas, R. Fricke, V. Monteiro, F. Reiner and O. Tariche0 The coastal fishes of the Cape Verde Islands - new records and an annotated check-list. Spixiana 36(1):113-142. (Ref. 94080) Wirtz, P.0 A new species of <i>Malacoctenus</i> from the Cape Verde Islands, eastern Atlantic (Pisces Teleostei, Labrisomidae). Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences 31:15-20. (Ref. 98055) Carvalho-Filho, A., I. Sazima, S.M.Q. Lima, D. Almeida, L. Mendes, R.M. Dias, M.R. Britto and J.L. Gasparini0 Review of the genus <i>Malacoctenus</i> (Actinopterygii: Labrisomidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4819(3):499-520. (Ref. 123106) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-67642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-03-18 00:00:00 2015-03-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67642 Collected using anaesthetic (quinaldine or clove) oil sprayed into horizontal cracks in rock faces or below large stones at about 10-13 m depth. Additional animals were seen when overturning big stones at 10-16 m and one individual was photographed at night, resting on open rock in water only 3 m deep (Ref. 98055). Wirtz, P. 2014 A new species of <i>Malacoctenus</i> from the Cape Verde Islands, eastern Atlantic (Pisces Teleostei, Labrisomidae). Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences 31:15-20. (Ref. 98055) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-03-18 00:00:00 2015-03-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67642 This species is distinguished by the following characters: D XX+10; A II+19; pectoral 14 soft rays; ventrals three soft rays; the length of shortest pelvic ray is more than half the length of the longest pelvic ray; lateral line scales 55-56; presence of prepectoral scales which are considerably smaller than scales on body; belly scaled except breast area; colour pattern dominated by 6 vertical bars on the body, delineated in straight vertical lines; these bands barely enter the dorsal fin; transparent dorsal fin membranes (Ref. 98055). Wirtz, P. 2014 A new species of <i>Malacoctenus</i> from the Cape Verde Islands, eastern Atlantic (Pisces Teleostei, Labrisomidae). Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences 31:15-20. (Ref. 98055) FB-Morphology-67642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-03-18 00:00:00 2015-03-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67642 Dorsal spines (total): 20; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 19 Wirtz, P. 2014 A new species of <i>Malacoctenus</i> from the Cape Verde Islands, eastern Atlantic (Pisces Teleostei, Labrisomidae). Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences 31:15-20. (Ref. 98055) FB-Distribution-67642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-03-18 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=67642 Eastern Central Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands. Wirtz, P. 2014 A new species of <i>Malacoctenus</i> from the Cape Verde Islands, eastern Atlantic (Pisces Teleostei, Labrisomidae). Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences 31:15-20. (Ref. 98055) FB-Size-67642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-03-18 00:00:00 2015-03-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67642 3.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 98055)); 3.23 cm SL (female) Wirtz, P. 2014 A new species of <i>Malacoctenus</i> from the Cape Verde Islands, eastern Atlantic (Pisces Teleostei, Labrisomidae). Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences 31:15-20. (Ref. 98055) 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-67642 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2015-03-18 00:00:00 2015-03-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67642 reef-associated; marine; depth range 11 - 13 m (Ref. 98055) Wirtz, P. 2014 A new species of <i>Malacoctenus</i> from the Cape Verde Islands, eastern Atlantic (Pisces Teleostei, Labrisomidae). Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences 31:15-20. (Ref. 98055)