Schindleria Edentata

📖 Overview

Collected at a depth of one meter from a lagoon with sandy bottom and covered with algae and seagrass .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 15; Anal soft rays: 13. This species belonging to the short dorsal-fin type of Schindleria, with the dorsal and anal fins of about equal length is characterized by the following: body elongated but relatively deep (body depth at anal-fin origin 10.8% of SL and at 4th anal-fin ray 10.9 % of SL); the short dorsal fin originates just slightly anterior to the anal fin (predorsal-fin length 60.9% of SL, pre-anal fin length 64.8% of SL); head stubby with a steep frontal profile, snout short, 23.1% of head length, eye large, 27.7% of the HL; pectoral radial plate long, its length 7.6% of SL; four dorsal and four ventral procurrent caudal-fin rays with increasing in length posteriorly, its last procurrent ray simple without additional spine and, although the longest, not distinctly elongate; D 15, A 13; base of first anal-fin ray positioned below the base of the third dorsal-fin ray; upper and lower jaws no teeth; in vivo with translucent body; eye black; swim bladder capped by a melanophore blotch; no pigmentation externally on body after preservation .Cross section: compressed.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Schindleria Edentata is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Schindleria Edentata is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Schindleria Edentata is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 7 m . Tropical Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Egypt.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

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