Red Sea soldierbream

📖 Overview

Usually caught on reefs, and feeds on benthic organisms and according to D. Golani (HUJF), this species is collected in deeper waters at 100-400 m .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 24. This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following set of characters: body deep, becoming compressed and slender with growth; D XII,10; the first 2 dorsal-fin spines are rudimentary (2 dorsal-fin spines on 1st dorsal pterygiophore), 3DFS longest (1.0-1.3, mean 1.2, in 3DFS/4DFS), third spine not reaching beyond first soft dorsal-fin ray origin, and less than head length; orbit diameter is subequal to suborbital depth. Colouration: body uniform pink with belly silvery and chin white, all fins pink. This species is often being confused with A. filamentosus and juveniles of A. spinifer; but it differs by having red spinous dorsal-fin rays (vs. yellow orange in true A. filamentosus from South Africa and Mozambique); also the third spinous dorsal-fin spine is longest (vs. third and fourth spines very elongate in A. filamentous and longest in A. spinifer) .Cross section: compressed.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Red Sea soldierbream is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Red Sea soldierbream is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Red Sea soldierbream is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; demersal; depth range 100 - 400 m . Tropical Indian Ocean, Red and possibly Gulf of Aden.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

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