Mekran ponyfish
📖 Overview
Mekran ponyfish (Deveximentum mekranense), first described by Yeganeh, Khajavi & Kimura, 2021 is a small fish. Adults typically reach 7.70 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. It occurs in Tropical waters. It is broadly omnivorous, taking invertebrates, plant matter, and detritus.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 17; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 14; Vertebrae: 24. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: cheek and anterior breast are scaleless (scaly area not extending anteriorly beyond a line between pectoral-fin insertion and anteroventral tip of cleithrum); lateral-line scales 70-85; with a single monocuspid preorbital spine; BD 37-49% SL; dark dots arranged in a grid pattern on dorsolateral body without vertical lines .Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Mekran ponyfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal. Tropical Indian Ocean : Gulf of Oman, Iran.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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