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Common names: Largemouth threefin, Largemouth triplefin
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in Western Australia (Scott Reef, Rowley Shoals, as far south as Rottnest Island); Northern Territory (New Year Island and Oxley Islands); and Queensland (Cape York, Lizard Island area, Cairns area, and Capricorn Islands), including Christmas Island and Ashmore Reef (W Timor Sea). Also Ref. 27223. Also known from Great Barrier Reef (Ref. 90102).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fricke, R., 1994
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Tripterygiidae (Triplefin blennies) > Tripterygiinae
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 41 m (Ref. 13227), usually 2 - 32 m (Ref. 13227). Tropical

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Pacific Ocean: Viet Nam, Philippines, Palau and Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga, east to American Samoa and Rapa.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13227)

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Dorsal spines (total): 15; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 18 - 21. Enlarged jaws, with the lower jaw protruding (Ref. 94101).

Adults inhabit lagoons and seaward reefs (Ref. 90102). They are found in caves, crevices and on flat surfaces of coral, sponges or rubble with algae (Ref. 48636). Some live on live corals (Ref. 94101). Eggs are hemispherical and covered with numerous sticky threads that anchor them in the algae on the nesting sites (Ref. 240). Larvae are planktonic which occur primarily in shallow, nearshore waters (Ref. 94114).

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Fricke, R., 1994. Tripterygiid fishes of Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific Ocean (Teleostei). Theses Zool. 24:1-585. (Ref. 13227)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 May 2010

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.2 - 28.9, mean 27.7 (based on 708 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00258 - 0.01228), b=3.08 (2.89 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993