FB-69914 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69914 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Atheriniformes Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia Melanotaenia sikuensis Kadarusman, Sudarto & Pouyaud, 2015 Radial stingfish Minous pictus (non Günther, 1880) 2022-12-08 2024-07-18 Matsunuma, M. and H. Motomura0 Three new species of the Indo-Pacific stingfish genus Minous (Synanceiidae: Minoinae) with redescriptions of M. trachycephalus (Bleeker 1855) and M. pictus Günther 1880. Zootaxa 4455(2):201-257. (Ref. 128010) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69923 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-15 00:00:00 2022-12-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69923 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: D X-XI,11-13 (modally XI,12), total rays 22-23 (23), first dorsal-fin spine is much shorter than the second dorsal-fin spine, their bases close together; A II-III,8-11 (II,10), total rays 11-13 (12); lateral-line tubes 16-19 (17); width between the interorbital ridges 1.4-3.7% (mean 2.9%) of SL; pelvic-fin base length 12.2-16.6% (14.4%) of SL. Colouration: body brownish dorsally, reddish ventrally, and with oblique alternating dark and light stripes; pectoral fin inner surface is largely yellow, with narrow dark stripes along the rays and small dark spots, blotches or broken stripes on membranes between rays (Ref. 128010). Matsunuma, M. and H. Motomura 2018 Three new species of the Indo-Pacific stingfish genus Minous (Synanceiidae: Minoinae) with redescriptions of M. trachycephalus (Bleeker 1855) and M. pictus Günther 1880. Zootaxa 4455(2):201-257. (Ref. 128010) FB-Morphology-69923 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-15 00:00:00 2022-12-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69923 Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Analspines: 2 - 3; Analsoft rays: 8 - 11; Vertebrae: 26 Matsunuma, M. and H. Motomura 2018 Three new species of the Indo-Pacific stingfish genus Minous (Synanceiidae: Minoinae) with redescriptions of M. trachycephalus (Bleeker 1855) and M. pictus Günther 1880. Zootaxa 4455(2):201-257. (Ref. 128010) FB-Distribution-69923 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-14 00:00:00 2022-12-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69923 Western Pacific: Gulf of Thailand north to Taiwan and east to Philippines. Matsunuma, M. and H. Motomura 2018 Three new species of the Indo-Pacific stingfish genus Minous (Synanceiidae: Minoinae) with redescriptions of M. trachycephalus (Bleeker 1855) and M. pictus Günther 1880. Zootaxa 4455(2):201-257. (Ref. 128010) FB-Size-69923 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-14 00:00:00 2022-12-14 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69923 10.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 128010)) Matsunuma, M. and H. Motomura 2018 Three new species of the Indo-Pacific stingfish genus Minous (Synanceiidae: Minoinae) with redescriptions of M. trachycephalus (Bleeker 1855) and M. pictus Günther 1880. Zootaxa 4455(2):201-257. (Ref. 128010) 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-69923 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2022-12-14 00:00:00 2022-12-14 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69923 demersal; marine; depth range 35 - 80 m (Ref. 128010) Matsunuma, M. and H. Motomura 2018 Three new species of the Indo-Pacific stingfish genus Minous (Synanceiidae: Minoinae) with redescriptions of M. trachycephalus (Bleeker 1855) and M. pictus Günther 1880. Zootaxa 4455(2):201-257. (Ref. 128010)