Rusty perchlet
📖 Overview
Known only from beam trawls and sled captures. From video camera footage, habitat consist of low relief silty sand/mud with dense patches of crinoids and erect, cup-shaped sponges .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: D 14-16, modally 15 segmented dorsal rays with fourth dorsal spine longest; pectoral fin with 13-14 unbranched rays; lateral line complete, 27-30 tubed scales; lower part of preopercle with two enlarged antrorse spines; predorsal scales extending anteriorly to anterior part of interorbital area .Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Rusty perchlet is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 95 - 109 m . Subtropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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