Stellar gurnard

📖 Overview

Stellar gurnard (Lepidotrigla longipinnis), first described by Alcock, 1890 is a small fish in the family Triglidae (order Perciformes). Adults typically reach 11.70 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. Recorded depth range: 70 to 107 metres. It occurs in Tropical waters. It feeds on a mix of small fish and invertebrates as a mid-level predator. On the IUCN Red List, it is classified as Data Deficient.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Anal soft rays: 15; Vertebrae: 30 - 32. This species can be distinguished from by the following characters: the lateral profile of body with gradual convexly curved taper to caudal peduncle; with a distinctive postorbital notch above and behind each eye but not extending across top of head as occipital groove; when viewed above, rostral process with broad obtuse angle or straight and with prominent forward directed blade-like spine at each corner often mounted on somewhat triangular base; scales are moderately adherent; pored lateral line scales 56-61; scales above lateral line 3 and below 13-15 oblique scale rows; D1 VIII-IX, D2 15-16; A 15 (rarely 14 or 16); pectoral fin reaching fifth to seventh anal fin ray. Colouration: caudal fin mostly red with white transverse band near base; inner surface of pectoral fin with a large black oblong patch ventrally superimposed with scattered pale blue spots, the rest greenish with reddish margins dorsally, ventrally and basally .Cross section: compressed.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Stellar gurnard is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

🥚 Reproduction

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; demersal; depth range 70 - 107 m . Tropical Indian Ocean: India, Myanmar and Indonesia.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .

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