FB-69896 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69896 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anguilliformes Muraenidae Gymnothorax Gymnothorax poikilospilus Chen & Huang, 2022 2022-12-06 2022-12-06 Nugraha, M.F.I., Kadarusman, N. Hubert, J.C. Avarre, R.K. Hadiaty, J. Slembrouck, O. Carman, Sudarto, R. Ogistira and L. Pouyaud0 Eight new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Birds Head Region, West Papua, Indonesia. Cybium 39(2):99-130. (Ref. 103156) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) Evers, H.-G., J.K. Pinnegar and M.I. Taylor0 Where are they all from? – sources and sustainability in the ornamental freshwater fish trade. J. Fish. Biol. 2019:1-8. (Ref. 133106) FB-GeneralDescr-69905 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Luisa Abucay 2022-12-08 00:00:00 2024-07-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69905 Collected from the type locality, a stream which flows through secondary forest habitat over gravel and sandy bottom. Maximum length based on type specimen, to be replaced with a better reference (Ref. 103156). Nugraha, M.F.I., Kadarusman, N. Hubert, J.C. Avarre, R.K. Hadiaty, J. Slembrouck, O. Carman, Sudarto, R. Ogistira and L. Pouyaud 2015 Eight new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Birds Head Region, West Papua, Indonesia. Cybium 39(2):99-130. (Ref. 103156) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69905 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Luisa Abucay 2023-02-01 00:00:00 2023-02-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69905 This species is distinguished from its congeners in the Birds Head region by the following characters: D IV-V+I,13-16; A I, 22-25; 35-37 lateral scales; 10 transverse scales; 15-18 anterior scales; 13-19 cheek scales; 18-19 gillrakers; short head length (24.0-25.1% of SL); small eye diameter (6.8-8.0% of SL); longer snout length (8.6-9.3% of SL); wider interorbital width (8.8-9.2% of SL); deeper caudal peduncle (11.7-13.3% of SL); deeper and shorter caudal peduncle length (13.6-15.4% of SL); anterior dorsal length short (47.5-49.9% of SL); first dorsal fin spine length moderately short, 9.7-12.0% of SL; intermediate spine length on second dorsal fin, 7.8-12.2% of SL, and on the anal fin, 7.2-9.8% of SL; moderately long dorsal fin base length, 37.2-41.8% of SL, and second dorsal fin base length, 24.0-28.7% of SL; moderately long anal fin base length, 40.0-43.9% of SL; origin of the dorsal fin lies vertically posterior to the anal origin, between 1st and 3rd anal soft ray; no stripes on the margin of the dorsal and anal fins; absence of sexual dimorphism in contrast to most members of the genus (Ref. 103156). Nugraha, M.F.I., Kadarusman, N. Hubert, J.C. Avarre, R.K. Hadiaty, J. Slembrouck, O. Carman, Sudarto, R. Ogistira and L. Pouyaud 2015 Eight new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Birds Head Region, West Papua, Indonesia. Cybium 39(2):99-130. (Ref. 103156) FB-Distribution-69905 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Luisa Abucay 2022-12-08 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=69905 Asia: Indonesia (West Papua). Nugraha, M.F.I., Kadarusman, N. Hubert, J.C. Avarre, R.K. Hadiaty, J. Slembrouck, O. Carman, Sudarto, R. Ogistira and L. Pouyaud 2015 Eight new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Birds Head Region, West Papua, Indonesia. Cybium 39(2):99-130. (Ref. 103156) FB-Uses-69905 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Luisa Abucay 2022-12-08 00:00:00 2024-07-18 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69905 fisheries: of potential interest; aquarium: potential Evers, H.-G., J.K. Pinnegar and M.I. Taylor 2019 Where are they all from? – sources and sustainability in the ornamental freshwater fish trade. J. Fish. Biol. 2019:1-8. (Ref. 133106) Evers, H.-G., J.K. Pinnegar and M.I. Taylor 2019 Where are they all from? – sources and sustainability in the ornamental freshwater fish trade. J. Fish. Biol. 2019:1-8. (Ref. 133106) FB-TrophicStrategy-69905 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Luisa Abucay 2022-12-08 00:00:00 2022-12-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ manibuii Collected from the type locality, a stream which flows through secondary forest habitat over gravel and sandy bottom (Ref. 103156). Nugraha, M.F.I., Kadarusman, N. Hubert, J.C. Avarre, R.K. Hadiaty, J. Slembrouck, O. Carman, Sudarto, R. Ogistira and L. Pouyaud 2015 Eight new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Birds Head Region, West Papua, Indonesia. Cybium 39(2):99-130. (Ref. 103156) FB-Size-69905 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Luisa Abucay 2022-12-08 00:00:00 2024-07-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69905 10.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 103156)) Nugraha, M.F.I., Kadarusman, N. Hubert, J.C. Avarre, R.K. Hadiaty, J. Slembrouck, O. Carman, Sudarto, R. Ogistira and L. Pouyaud 2015 Eight new species of rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae) from the Birds Head Region, West Papua, Indonesia. Cybium 39(2):99-130. (Ref. 103156) 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-69905 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Luisa Abucay 2022-12-08 00:00:00 2024-07-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69905 benthopelagic; freshwater