Yellow duckbill
📖 Overview
Yellow duckbill (Pteropsaron flavissimum), first described by Fricke, 2024 is a tiny fish in the family Hemerocoetidae (order Acropomatiformes). Adults typically reach 3.10 cm in maximum length. It inhabits marine coastal and open-ocean environments. Recorded depth range: 228 to 239 metres. It occurs in Tropical waters. It is broadly omnivorous, taking invertebrates, plant matter, and detritus.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 20. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: 6 spines in the first dorsal fin, 18 rays in the second dorsal fin; ca. 22 rays in the anal fin; gill rakers 0 + 8; 46 lateral-line scales; first dorsal fin low, without terminal filaments; anal fin about as high as second dorsal fin, without projecting rays; head length 3.6 in SL, preorbital length 1.7 in eye diameter; pelvic fin extending to fifth anal-fin membrane when adpressed; body colour rose, with wide yellow streak dorsally extending from tip of snout to upper caudal-fin base; and first dorsal fin pale, without black markings .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Yellow duckbill is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 228 - 239 m . Tropical Central Pacific: New Caledonia.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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