Beautiful Dartfish

📖 Overview

Overview information for Beautiful Dartfish is currently being compiled by our editorial team.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 25; Vertebrae: 26. This species is characterized by the following: D VI + I, 27; A I, 25; pectoral rays 23 or 24; cycloid scales extremely small, about 190 near-vertical rows in longitudinal series; gill rakers 7-8 + 16-17; body depth 6.6-6.65 in SL; head length 4.65-4.7 in SL; chin has a low median fleshy ridge, narrowing posteriorly to a thin convoluted ridge; first dorsal fin about twice height of second dorsal, the second to sixth spines filamentous, doubling height of fin; fourth spine longest, 1.95-2.05 in SL; caudal fin asymmetrically rounded, the dorsal half more posterior, 5.05-5.1in SL; pelvic fins 3.95-4.1 in SL; alcohol preserved color pale gray, with dusky bands on head and a small square blackish spot dorsoposteriorly on opercle dorsal and anal fins faintly striped, the first dorsal only basally, the anal with a submarginal blackish band; caudal fin with a broad submarginal black arc over middle three-fourths of fin; body color in life is mainly white; side of head with blue and yellow .: elongated.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Beautiful Dartfish is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Beautiful Dartfish is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Beautiful Dartfish is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; reef-associated. Tropical

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

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🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

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