Acanthoplesiops psilogaster, Barebelly longfin

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Acanthoplesiops psilogaster Hardy, 1985

Barebelly longfin
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Plesiopidae (Roundheads) > Acanthoclininae
Etymology: Acanthoplesiops: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, plesios = near + Greek, ops = similar (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 20 m (Ref. 90102). Subtropical

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Western Pacific: known only from southern Japan, Taiwan, and Philippines.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40821)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 19 - 20; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4-5; Anal spines: 7-8; Anal soft rays: 4 - 5. Acanthoplesiops species with the following autapomorphic character states: 1) anterior two thirds of belly naked and 2) first two (instead of only the 1st) pterygiophores of dorsal-fin spines inserted between 2nd and 3rd neural spines.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Cryptic and rarely seen (Ref. 90102). Eggs are guarded by the male parent (Ref. 205).

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Eggs are guarded by the male parent (Ref. 205).

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Smith-Vaniz, W.F. and G.D. Johnson, 1990. Two new species of Acanthoclininae (Pisces: Plesiopsidae) with a synopsis and phylogeny of the subfamily. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 142:211-260. (Ref. 40821)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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