Three-striped whiptail

📖 Overview

Clear coastal to outer reef crests . Common in shallow sandy rubble and coral reef areas. Usually in aggregations. Feeds on small fishes, crustaceans and polychaetes during the day .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Some geographical variations. In Sulawesi shows yellow band intermittently because of other similar species in the same area . Head scales reaching forward to or just in front of level of anterior margin of eyes. Suborbital naked except for a small patch of scales beneath eyes. Lower limb of preopercle with 2 or 3 scale rows. Pelvic fins moderately long, reaching almost to level of anus. Axillary scale present. Color: Upper body dark grey or olive-brown, silvery white below. Presence of a narrow silvery white stripe joining eyes across snout just behind nostrils. Base of pectoral fin with a black bar.: fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Three-striped whiptail is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Three-striped whiptail is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Three-striped whiptail is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 30 m . Tropical; 31°N - 16°S, 102°E - 166°E East Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

🌿 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) - 3 records indexed .

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