Murray's armoured gurnard
📖 Overview
Murray's armoured gurnard (Paraheminodus murrayi), first described by Günther, 1880 is a medium-sized fish. Adults typically reach 26.50 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. Recorded depth range: 360 to 710 metres. It occurs in Deep-water waters. It feeds on a mix of small fish and invertebrates as a mid-level predator.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 22; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 20 - 21. Head large, broadly expanded laterally; rostral process long and flattened; filamentous barbel long, extending to dorsal-fin origin. Reddish, edge of dorsal fin black .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Murray's armoured gurnard is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 360 - 710 m . Deep-water West Pacific: off Horn of Africa, Maldives, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Taiwan and southern Japan.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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