Cocotropus Astakhovi
📖 Overview
This species, by all probability, keeps at gravel sites at the boundary of the coral reef and of sands on coral banks .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished by the following characters: Dorsal fin with usually 13 spiny rays, 10 soft rays, with the anterior 4 spines forming a separate lobe; A II,8; P 13; vertebrae 26, with 4 praeopecular spines; vomer with teeth; presence of developed papillae on cheeks, lower surface of the head and on the maxillare plate; isthmus whose apex, by far, does not reach the level of the fifth mandibular pore. This species is represented by a dark morph and a light morph .
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Cocotropus Astakhovi is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Cocotropus Astakhovi is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Cocotropus Astakhovi is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 10 - 20 m . Tropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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