Dark-striped squirrelfish
📖 Overview
Inhabits reef flats and shallow protected reefs, often in dead reef areas . Secretive during the day .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 4; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. Body with dark brown to brownish red stripes, alternating with silvery white stripes. The upper 2 dark stripes often ending in an elongate dark brown spot at the base of the soft portion of the dorsal fin; the third curving downward to end at mid-base of caudal fin; the 4th ending just before the caudal peduncle; the 5th and 6th stripes converging posteriorly on lower edge of caudal peduncle; 7th and 8th ending in a dark blotch at the rear base of soft part of anal fin. Four oblique scale rows on cheek; body depth 2.6-2.8 in SL; head length (HL) 2.65-2.9 in SL; short and blunt snout, length 4.4-5.1 in HL; interorbital width 3.9-4.4 in HL; mouth terminal to slightly inferior, maxilla often extending to below center of the eye, upper jaw length 2.35-2.55 in HL; premaxillary groove often reaching above anterior edge of orbit; anterior end of nasal bone ending in a spine; surface or medial edge of nasal bone spineless; nasal fossa without spinules (occasionally large specimens with one spinule on anterior edge of fossa); upper edge of first suborbital bone with a slightly retrorse lateral spine, followed by a low ridge of recumbent spinules; preopercular spine 1.5-2.2 in orbit diameter, 3.7-5.8 in HL; 3rd-5th dorsal spines subequal, the longest 1.85-2.2 in HL; 3rd anal spine 1.25-1.5 in HL .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Dark-striped squirrelfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Dark-striped squirrelfish is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Dark-striped squirrelfish is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 20 m . Subtropical West Pacific: East Africa south to Mozambique (but not the Red Sea) and east to the Marshall, except the northern Marshalls (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Dark-striped Squirrelfish · Darkstriped Squirrelfish · Port Praslin Squirrelfish · brownspot squirrelfish |
| 🏳️Catalan | Peix esquirol de roca |
| 🌍CES | pruhatec praslinský |
| 🇫🇷French | Marignan rouget |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Kuroobiebisu · クロオビエビス |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Peixe-esquilo-de-listras-escuras |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Шоколадная рыба-солдат |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 普拉斯林棘鱗魚 · 瀾公妾 · 褐斑棘鱗魚 · 金鱗甲 · 鐵甲兵 · 鐵線婆 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holocentrum marginatum | Cuvier | 1829 | Synonym |
| Perca praslin | Lacepède | 1802 | Synonym |
| Sargocentron paraslin | Lacepède | 1802 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 3 records indexed .
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