Short-tail bristletooth
📖 Overview
Inhabits inner to outer reef with rich coral growth, usually on upper part of slopes in 7-15 meters depth . Solitary or in groups, grazing on algae . Maximum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 28; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 22 - 26. Color orangish brown to dark brown with bluish lines following scale rows; chest with bluish cast; head, anterior body above pectoral-fin base, and chest with very small pale yellowish spots; lips blue; orbit narrowly rimmed with dull yellow. Median fins dark brown, dorsal with bluish lines extending in from body. Young bright yellow. Lip margins smooth to finely papillate. Caudal fin emarginate .: short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Short-tail bristletooth is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 60 m , usually 7 - 15 m . Tropical; 28°N - 24°S, 115°E - 67°E south through the Philippines and Indonesia to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia, east to Samoa in the South Pacific, to the Marshall Islands.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Short-tail bristletooth.
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