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Liopropoma swalesi (Fowler & Bean, 1930) Swales' basslet |
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photo by
Tanaka, H. |
| Family: | Liopropomatidae (Painted basslets), subfamily: Liopropomatinae | |||
| Max. size: | 5.6 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | reef-associated; marine; depth range 20 - 110 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Pacific: Vanuatu, Philippines, Indonesia and New Britain, Papua New Guinea | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-12; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Readily identified by the orange stripes and the white-edged black ocelli in the second dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 48635). Description: Characterized by having a pair of black spots on upper and lower caudal fin lobe; pair of enlarged pores in interorbital space and large pore anteromedially from each posterior nostril; pelvic fins 1.6-1.8 in head length (Ref. 90102). | |||
| Biology: | Very secretive in dense brittle coral formation on coastal slopes at depths of about 25 m (Ref. 48635). Solitary (Ref 90102). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 11 March 2015 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||