Plesiops coeruleolineatus

Plesiops coeruleolineatus
Plesiops coeruleolineatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Plesiopidae
Genus: Plesiops
Species: P. coeruleolineatus
Binomial name
Plesiops coeruleolineatus
Rüppell, 1835[1]

Plesiops coeruleolineatus, common names Crimsontip longfin and Coral devil[2] is a species of fish in the family Plesiopidae.

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Description

This species has an elongate body that grows to a length of approximately 8.5 cm to 10 cm. Although colours vary, it is generally has a black or brown body, with two dark stripes behind the eye. The dorsal spines are tipped with orange or red, bordered below with a line white. It has a bluish stripe running along the basal part of the dorsal fin.[1]

Distribution

Plesiops coeruleolineatus is widely found in the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea and East Africa, east to the Samoa Islands, Oceania, and southern Japan, and south to Australia at Queensland.[1]

It has been recorded in such specific locations as Cargados Carajos, Comores, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, and the Seychelles.[3]

Habitat

This is a very common yet secretive species. It lives in shallow, outer-reef areas in depths of up to 15 metres. It can be found within a depth range of 1 to 23 metres.[4] During the daytime, it usually remains under coral and stones in lagoons and in flood basins. It may appear when disturbing rubble in pools. It emerges at night, venturing into the open to feed on fishes, gastropods, and small crustaceans. It ventures out in the open at night to feed on small crustaceans, fishes and gastropods.[1][4]

Synonyms

  • Pharopteryx melas (Bleeker, 1849)
  • Pharopteryx semeion (Tanaka, 1917)
  • Plesiops caeruleolineatus Rüppell, 1835
  • Plesiops melas Bleeker, 1849
  • Plesiops nigricans apoda Kner, 1868
  • Plesiops semeion Tanaka, 1917
  • Plesiops welas Bleeker, 1849
  • Pseudochromichthys riukianus Schmidt, 1931[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Plesiops coeruleolineatus, Crimsontip longfin : aquarium
  2. ^ Coral Devil : Fish Names - fishnames.com.au
  3. ^ Fishes of Andaman Sea
  4. ^ a b Plesiops coeruleolineatus
  5. ^ WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Plesiops coeruleolineatus Rüppell, 1835
  6. ^ Plesiops coeruleolineatus (Red-Tipped Prettyfin)

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